Bush unfortunately fails to kill himself at Ford hydrogen ca

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Useful Info wrote:

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Bob Eld wrote:

Pretty damn funny: Bush almost plugs in electric cord to hydrogen fuel connection on car.

Does the design actually allow this to be done without modifying the plug?

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Pretty damn funny: Bush almost plugs in electric cord to hydrogen fuel connection on car. Ford official races to prevent blow up... Too bad it didn't happen. But, it illustrates one of the idiocies of hydrogen. Sooner or later there are going to be catastrophic accidents when the high pressure stuff blows in a wreck. Secondly, as Bush shows, hydrogen cars are not for idiots!

"Bob Eld" wrote in message

But, it illustrates one of the idiocies of hydrogen. Sooner or later there are going to be catastrophic accidents when the high pressure stuff blows in a wreck.

I am no fan of fuel cells, but someone needs to point out that we have catastrophic accidents with gasoline tanks in vehicles, and it has been so for as long as we have been using gasoline as fuel. Diesel is less dangerous, but still subject to the occasional disaster. We will always have catastrophic accidents as long as we carry the concentrated forms of energy that we really need to drive a practical car for hundreds of miles.
In today's energy environment, I truly believe that fuel cell vehicles are a dead end, but not because of the fuel tank.
Vaughn

"Vaughn Simon" wrote in message

"Bob Eld" wrote in message But, it illustrates one of the idiocies of hydrogen. Sooner or later there are going to be catastrophic accidents when the high pressure stuff blows in a wreck.
I am no fan of fuel cells, but someone needs to point out that we have catastrophic accidents with gasoline tanks in vehicles, and it has been so for as long as we have been using gasoline as fuel. Diesel is less dangerous, but still subject to the occasional disaster. We will always have catastrophic accidents as long as we carry the concentrated forms of energy that we really need to drive a practical car for hundreds of miles.
In today's energy environment, I truly believe that fuel cell vehicles are a dead end, but not because of the fuel tank.
Vaughn

Yeah, but you ain't seen noth'n until you've seen a 10,000 PSI tank go off. Gasoline just burns, slowly at that, by comparison.

On Sun, 08 Apr 2007 23:32:59 GMT, "Vaughn Simon" wrote:

"Bob Eld" wrote in message But, it illustrates one of the idiocies of hydrogen. Sooner or later there are going to be catastrophic accidents when the high pressure stuff blows in a wreck.
I am no fan of fuel cells, but someone needs to point out that we have catastrophic accidents with gasoline tanks in vehicles,

Had Bush been around during the Model T days, he would have tried to stick a torch into an open gas tank.

and it has been so for as long as we have been using gasoline as fuel. Diesel is less dangerous, but still subject to the occasional disaster. We will always have catastrophic accidents as long as we carry the concentrated forms of energy that we really need to drive a practical car for hundreds of miles.
In today's energy environment, I truly believe that fuel cell vehicles are a dead end, but not because of the fuel tank.
Vaughn

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On Sun, 08 Apr 2007 23:32:59 +0000, Vaughn Simon wrote:

"Bob Eld" wrote in message But, it illustrates one of the idiocies of hydrogen. Sooner or later there are going to be catastrophic accidents when the high pressure stuff blows in a wreck.
I am no fan of fuel cells, but someone needs to point out that we have catastrophic accidents with gasoline tanks in vehicles, and it has been so for as long as we have been using gasoline as fuel. Diesel is less dangerous, but still subject to the occasional disaster. We will always have catastrophic accidents as long as we carry the concentrated forms of energy that we really need to drive a practical car for hundreds of miles.
In today's energy environment, I truly believe that fuel cell vehicles are a dead end, but not because of the fuel tank.
Vaughn

The zinc/air cell seems to have possibilities as does the solid carbon fuel cell but you're right about hydrogen cells. Even if (big if) the fuel storage problem is solved it's still an extra energy conversion step, extra expenses and extra energy losses.