Honda makes first hydrogen cars

Honda makes first hydrogen cars
http://www.uretima.info/2009/05/hydrogen-cars.html

 

"Japanese car manufacturer Honda has begun the first commercial
production of a zero-emission, hydrogen fuel-cell powered vehicle."

So, when is carbon dioxide an emission, and when is it not?

"Analysis of the environmental impact of different fuel technologies
has shown that the overall carbon dioxide emissions from hydrogen
powered cars can be higher than that from petrol or diesel-powered
vehicles."

 

Fuel cell eh, very expensive.
Which brings up the question, why not just burn the hydrogen in an IC
engine?

 

Because to isolate the hydrogen, it takes more than you get out of the
hydrogen in some other form of energy that could instead be used
directly or indirectly to do the same thing (run a vehicle) for lower cost.

IOW, there would be no savings on my buying and using a hydrogen vehicle
unless someone (the gov't) were taking money out of everyone's pockets
and giving it to me so I can pretend that I'm saving costs by driving a
hydrogen vehicle. IOW - there are no cost or energy savings if the cost
and energy analyses are done honestly (and they almost never are - else
these things would never be done - except by ignorant and dishonest
politicians and ignorant people who keep electing them).

Let's see some energy balance formulas on what it costs in energy to
generate the hydrogen.

 

New Secretary of Energy has panned hydrogen power and fuel cells.

It's over.

 

Production of hydrogen is very energy-intensive. And then there is
distribution and storage.

A perpetual motion machine might be more realistic...;-)

DAS

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