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Originally Posted by ZrByte
Not trek exactly but the hydrogen powerplant and the hydrogen powered car have both been developed. The only reason we dont have them yet is supposedly due to production costs etc. I believe General motors own all the copyright etc so the new mondeo of 2020 might well be hydrogen powered  |
long way off being a realistic proposition, imo. For a start the current method used to manufacture hydrogen uses methane - which releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Not such a 'clean' option, especially considering the expense & energy cost of installing an infrastructure to allow refueling.
Another aspect is that vehicles using hydrogen fuel cells will need large batteries, which will be difficult to safely dispose of.
It may be viable for mass transit vehicles, such as trains (one is due to go on trial in Japan, soon) - but not cars, yet, I don't think
