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Originally Posted by ubertuber
I don't know about you, but my reality doesn't have much to do with hydrogen cars.
I heard about this on the radio this morning. Not sure what there is to say about it though. It's not like hydrogen cars are really familiar enough to people (I've never even SEEN one that I know of) for thsi to be that stupid. Besides, no matter how much I dislike GWB's policies, I don't want him to set himself on fire.
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Given my own confusion on the subject, I'm inclined to agree with you. Until today, I considered myself relatively informed on the subject of alternative fuel cars, but I guess I haven't been hanging around the friends that are deeply involved in the subject as much as I have in the past.
I doubt many people on this board have seen any private hydrogen-fueled vehicles on the road, and only a few of us see the buses and trucks that are. And of those few, I doubt that many have seen the fueling mechanisms.
Finally - will - I think that the point about fueling stations is speaks more to the lack of infrastructure than anything else. While the method of separating hydrogen from water may be relatively simple, it is something altogether different to expect business to adapt the technology overnight to allow for easy fueling of these vehicles. My friends who have E80 cars don't take them out of state unless they're going to Iowa or Indiana because of the lack of stations elsewhere.