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Old 11-08-2007, 08:18 PM
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Default Re: Disgusted RX400h owner

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Originally Posted by n8kwx View Post
Depends on where the hydrogen comes from.

If you use renewable energy sources, yes hydrogen will be pretty clean.
(water vapor can be an environmental issue - do a little research on airplane contrails...)

But as stands, hydrogen currently and likely will come from the breaking down of hydrocarbons. Which is just another way of burning a barrel of oil.


I 100% agree on the memory seats. The old HiHy was way too spartan for the price. No SmartKey, or Bluetooth either...
Not certain where your assumptions come from but Hydrogen can EASILY be produced by electrolysis, not fuel oil. There is a company manufacturing hydrogen-based fuel cells as a source for powering individual homes. I think they are called Bloom Energy and were recently featured in Business 2.0. Here's another forum where the participants discuss "water fuel"...
http://www.waterfuelcell.org/phpBB2/...4a5c627b8fe42d
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