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Originally Posted by Earl of Bronze
Unfortunately its not just low carbon emissions from power stations that need to be addressed. We also burn fossil fuels in our favourite form of transport, so there is IMHO a need to invest in research into Fuel Cells. Or at the very least, a much more efficient electric motor for transport. In Toronto the TTC use streetcars (trams), and if memory serves, electric buses with an overhead power pickup. Why dont more cities invest in this sort of technology? By improving the public transport infrastructure, and at the same time using motors that dont poison both the people and the environment we start getting a win/ win mindset going. Offcourse, by the time politicians start thinking this way, london might be under several feet of water.
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The main advantage of the internal combustion engine is the fact you dont carry the majourity of the working fluid with you. Idealy an IC engine uses 14.7x more air than fuel. Fuel cell's are pretty much a waste of space, they're worse than steam in terms of power per kg carried! They do have range though. somthing everything else pretty much lacks.
There is developments coming but dont hold your breath for them