Why is it that auto makers seem to oscillate in their apparent regard for alternative fuel vehicles? More importantly, when they are giving lip service to such an important issue, why is that they always run towards hydrogen fuel as The Future™?
"So if we put aside the spectacularly improbable prospect of fueling our planet with extraterrestrial hydrogen imports, the only way to get free hydrogen on Earth is to make it. The trouble is that making hydrogen requires more energy than the hydrogen so produced can provide. Hydrogen, therefore, is not a source of energy. It simply is a carrier of energy. And it is, as we shall see, an extremely poor one."
Hydrogen fuel for automobiles fails on so many levels it is comical that people even entertain the idea. Please do the world a favor and read Zubin's article, linked above. The more we educate the general populace about the basic science and economics behind issues like this, the sooner we can work towards actually improving out situation rather than just pipe dreaming with buzzwords.
Hey wouldn't it be great if we could power our cars with ice cream? And the only exhaust would be fluffy kittens! Yay!
