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Originally posted by stevepaa
legion, good point.
Seriously, so why is there still a significant push for hydrogen powered cars?
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I think that most people seriously don't realize where hydrogen comes from. I mean, it's an element, right? That must mean it's abundant in its native form...
I also think that some people believe that pushing us to hydrogen would force us to find renewable methods of creating it. You
could build a solar-powered hydrogen refinery that simply takes water and separates the hydrogen from the oxygen. The problem is, that such a setup is more expensive to build and run compared to refining it from petroleum. Refining it from petroleum is more expensive than just running cars on gasoline and diesel. Think of how high oil prices would have to be before renewable hydrogen becomes the cheapest energy source. In a perfect world, we would all use renewable energy, but there's no incentive to try when you can get it much cheaper from the ground.