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Per the article referenced, he hos developing a vehicle based on hydrogen Fuel Cells to poo reduce electricity (instead of storing electricity in batteries, as Tesla's do currently);
originally posted by: gort69
Good. Old tech new again.
GM first introduced a Hydrogen powered ICE car in 1970....yes, 1970! They investigated it, it was great, but the technology to produce and store the H was not up to it.
This proposal, which is an oldie but goodie, is to use Hydrogen to create the power for the electric motor, instead of expense heavy batteries.
The problem with Hydrogen is Storage and transportation.....that will be the tech leap. It is a great fuel, abundant across the Universe.
Everybody can see the issue with current EV cars......Pollution for the Future. They make Too much pollution to create. And they pollute to dispose of. With the 100s of Chinese EV car companies, they are now disposable cars, creating even More polution to make and recycle.
A Hydrogen powered Economy, would be a possible solution.....until of course, greed sets in, control, etc etc...the usual human stuff......
originally posted by: Sylent7
a reply to: bluemooone44
I cant help to think all of the average joes who have previously already invented the water engine has been railroaded big brother. Musk is not doing anything special than what we've already seen in the past.
originally posted by: GENERAL EYES
WATER IS ALREADY $2 A BOTTLE ELON.
JUST STOP IT.
originally posted by: network dude
originally posted by: GENERAL EYES
WATER IS ALREADY $2 A BOTTLE ELON.
JUST STOP IT.
Watter falls from the sky for free.
Hydrogen is silly for cars and only barely sensible for rockets, where payload is ~1000 times more valuable,” Musk wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
Not really, he stores the hydrogen not as a pressurized gas the way ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) hydrogen powered buses do, but he used 4 large tanks that filled up his entire trunk to store the hydrogen using a chemical method instead.
originally posted by: bluemooone44
a reply to: CriticalStinkerIt needs to be made as needed not stored. I agree. Bpb Lazar has a corvette that does this in a way.
originally posted by: theatreboy
a reply to: Mantiss2021
I am unfamiliar with the concept of poo reduction electricity...can you elaborate?
"Per the article referenced, he hos developing a vehicle based on hydrogen Fuel Cells to poo reduce electricity (instead of storing electricity in batteries, as Tesla's do currently);"
That ypo could have been a serendipitous invention if someone hadn't already thought of it.
Thanks for the laugh!
Water is not a fuel. Hydrogen is fuel and you can split water to make hydrgen, but splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen takes a lot of energy. At current market prices, it's cheaper to produce hydrogen from fossil fuels so that's where it tends to come from now, though alternative options are possible for the future:
I honestly think water is the fuel of the future.
Hydrogen use today is dominated by industry, namely: oil refining, ammonia production, methanol production and steel production. Virtually all of this hydrogen is supplied using fossil fuels, so there is significant potential for emissions reductions from clean hydrogen.
originally posted by: BingoMcGoof
''I'm gonna, I"m gonna''. '
Elon Musk.