Fuel Cell Cars. A Long Way To Go.
Posted by rrrocks on July 17, 2008
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Hydrogen-powered vehicles could one day make up a majority of automobiles on U.S. roads, but the zero-emission cars would require a hefty investment of about $200 billion for infrastructure and subsidies to support them, a new study released Thursday said.
The study concludes that a portfolio of technologies — including hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles, improved efficiency of gasoline-powered vehicles, hybrids and use of biofuels — “has the potential to nearly eliminate oil demand from light-duty vehicles by the middle of this century, while reducing greenhouse-gas emissions to less than 20% of current levels.”
Ill let their article speak for itself. Theres an old Axiom in the world of Energy. NOTHING IS FREE.
