Monday, January 22, 2018

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: ANOTHER HOPEFUL CLEAN-ENERGY DREAMER - THIS ONE SAYING HYDROGEN-POWERED CARS ARE THE FUTURE



COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE GUARDIAN


'It's a no-brainer': are hydrogen cars the future?
Inventor Hugo has a dream: to replace today’s cars with his own hydrogen prototype. Is the world ready?

I wish them well.

But hydrogen has essentially no energy content.

It requires tremendous compression and very strong containers.

I don't know what the total "life cycle" economics of making and using such a vehicle are, but I suspect they are indeed poor.