Hydrogen cars are coming

[Martinelli]

November 22, 2007 It seems Honda is gearing up to be the one of the first major companies to bring a hydrogen fuel cell car to market – their FCX Clarity is set to go to production in 2008, in a move they’re hoping will break the catch-22 dilemma stopping motor companies from producing cars because there’s no hydrogen distribution, and stopping fuel companies from distributing hydrogen because there’s no cars that use it. To nurse consumers through the infancy of the hydrogen economy, Honda’s also attempting to decentralize the production of hydrogen through their Home Energy Station unit, which sits outside your house and reforms natural gas to produce enough Hydrogen to power both the car and the home’s energy needs at around 50% of the normal cost and with a 30% emissions reduction.

 

Most of us don't have gas stations attached to our shops anymore, but hydrogen may be the end all together for fueling stations. The last part of the paragraph explains that at home we may produce all of our home and automobile energy needs.

 

With the GE electrolyzer they are promising energy independence with the use of solar or wind power and water to create hydrogen, we won't even need natural gas supply. So even the transport of fuels will be obsolete. With GE electrolyzer we may be able to produce hydrogen right outside our shops.

 

is this all pie-in-the-sky or is this a coming threat or opportunity, any thoughts??

[Alex]

 

In 2005, Honda leased the first commercial hydrogen car to a family in Redondo Beach, California, pictured above.

 

http://www.hydrogencarsnow.com/