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He was repeating an argument made by hydrogen proponents.
by ambition 18y ago
He was repeating an argument made by hydrogen proponents.
- marijn 18y agoHm, re-reading the thing, you might be right -- though I'm still not sure. Anyway, the whole piece seems to be setting up a straw man just to tear it down. Is anyone really that naive about hydrogen?
- epall 18y agoYes, many people really are that naïve about hydrogen. My university works closely with General Motors, and every time there's an event a GM fuel cell car shows up. People go nuts over the things, and the GM people are right there with their whole spiel.
- Prrometheus 18y agoAs the article mentions, the government has given billions of dollars for hydrogen car research in just the last few years. So yes, some people are that naive about hydrogen.
- watmough 18y agoYes, I think we've all seen articles where a dignitary drives the Honda FCX concept car, or other fuel cell vehicle up to a lone hydrogen pump, promised as the 'first of many'. Meanwhile, a thousand engineers pray that it doesn't pick that moment succumb to metal fatigue and explode.
- lutorm 18y agoNot to mention Arnold's hydrogen Hummer...