Meanwhile, Progress Rolls On: Army Rolls Out Alternative Fuel Cell Vehicles

[Yooperkat]

Originally Posted by TigerLily24

Yes, some of the many, many, many vehicles that you and I pay to refuel regularly.

Little steps, sure, but, I'll take it.

Sorry to be skeptical about this being such a big deal.


I haven't looked it up yet but, how much did it cost us?

Maybe a couple Billion dollars?

[stillkit]

Originally Posted by TigerLily24

Pretty cool.

"The U.S. military unveiled its first fleet of hydrogen-powered electric vehicles this week in Hawaii — part of the Defense Department’s “green initiatives” aimed at reducing the country’s dependence on foreign energy sources.
The services are testing 16 General Motors Equinoxes, which run on hydrogen fuel cells that generate electricity by converting hydrogen gas into water."

Military rolls out fleet of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in Hawaii - News - Stripes

Alternative fuel vehicles are nothing new to the Army. The Abrams main battle tank, nearly all heavy trucks and a good many other vehicles have multi-fuel engines which are designed to run on just about any flammable liquid you can pour into the fuel tank.

[TigerLily24]

Originally Posted by swagger

What? Do you think that you don't have to "pay to refuel" hydrogen fuel cells or something?

Like I said, do some research. I don't think you understand the technology or the costs associated with using it.

Why so negative?

Of course there will be costs involved, but, current knowledge suggests that it will be cleaner and will reduce our dependence on oil, and, personally, the thought of it is just so...21st century.

In any event, the car companies and others are moving ahead:

Hyundai Making 2,000 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles

[Carl99]

Hogan hasn't responded well to this thing at all.

Hogan tries to pander to both sides of the aisle.

That's what I don't like about him.

He's no different than any other politician looking out for his own $elf interests.