Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars
Once thought to be the next fuel saving generation of fuel efficient cars, the reality of the complexity of such an endevor has proved to be overwelming.
The challenging complexities of implimenting both the technical and economical aspects may prove to be too much for the auto industry. Most of the vehichles that are in current production today use a hyrogen fuel cell, a type of rechargeable battery, if you will.
The potential advantage of hydrogen is that it can be produced and consumed continuously, using solar, water, wind and nuclear power for electrolysis. Currently, however, hydrogen vehicles utilizing hydrogen produce more pollution than vehicles consuming gasoline, diesel, or methane in a modern internal combustion engine, and far more than plug-in hybridelectric vehicles.This is because, although hydrogen fuel cells generate no CO2, production of the hydrogen creates additional emissions. While methods of hydrogen production that do not use fossil fuel would be more sustainable, currently such production is not economically feasible, and diversion of renewable energy (which represents only 2% of energy generated) to the production of hydrogen for transportation applications is inadvisable.
Some of the drawbacks to Hydrogen Fuel Cell cars is the high cost of the hydrogen production and the transportation for delivery. The replacement of the existing extensive gasoline fuel station infrastructure would cost a half trillion U.S. dollars in the United States alone. There are also environment consequenses from the production of hydrogen from fossil energy resources which include the emmission of greenhouse gases.
Most, but not all, of the current vehicles today are only available in demonstration models and cost a large amount of money to make and run. They are not yet ready for general public use and are unlikely to be as feasible as plug in biodiesel hybrids.
An alternative would be a hydrogen-on-demand system. Installing the conversion to water equipment to your car can be done for less the $150. You will also be increasing your gas mileage and saving money, plus the added benefit of reduced pollution and the protecting of the environment.














