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LWolf

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2. If this technology is already available,

Reply to nationalize the fed (Original post)

Wed Sep 28, 2016, 08:56 AM

Sep 2016

why is it not being used in every city, and why is it not available to individual drivers?

I remember reading about this technology some years back here at DU and thinking then that we ought to be investing in moving it forward. It's good to know that it's happened, in a few places, in a smaller way. When can the rest of us get on board?

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Ohio: Hydrogen fuel cell buses joining Stark Area Regional Transit Authority [View all] nationalize the fed Sep 2016 OP

Good. We've have ZEV and ULEV mass transit busses in San Diego for years now. 4lbs Sep 2016 #1

We also have new free electric shuttles downtown bananas Sep 2016 #11

If this technology is already available, LWolf Sep 2016 #2

+1 - it's available and it works better than anyone could have imagined nationalize the fed Sep 2016 #6

This is all great to hear. LWolf Sep 2016 #7

No, we don't. Particularly when it's made from natural gas, like in the OP. kristopher Sep 2016 #9

“incredibly inefficient” = hyperbole OKIsItJustMe Sep 2016 #10

Nope. "Incredibly inefficient" is exactly correct. kristopher Sep 2016 #12

“increasing the energy costs of storage by 60%” OKIsItJustMe Oct 2016 #13

And here's a crash course in self-defense for the environmentally conscious. kristopher Oct 2016 #14

Stark College has a major fuel cell program. mackdaddy Sep 2016 #3

~50 kWh = 1 Kg H2 nationalize the fed Sep 2016 #5

50kw to make 33kw hydrogen with 16kw out of FC to motors mackdaddy Sep 2016 #8

Ohio: More natural gas powered buses joining Stark Area Regional Transit Authority kristopher Sep 2016 #4