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**ferelrossi** · 08-03-2009, 05:44 AM

that is a rather small problem because some form of electricity grid is already here, while for hydrogen you would have to get new production sites, new means of transporting it to the gas station and new pumps

See The_Fruity_One's post.

I realise this all sounds wonderful to you,but the fact is that stuff like that is completely impractical at this time.

Hybrids and hydrogen won't completely take away dependance on oil,but they are a mor practical solution at the moment and would still greatly reduce dependance,then twenty or so years down the road when battery tech or means of recharging are quicker and more widespread we could transition over.

Hydrogen would also allow people to convert the vehicles they already have over and be a lot less expensive than trying to wholesale switch over to tech that quite honestly is just not ready for prime time.

The electricity grid is "there" but not in the scale that it would take for what you suggest and would cost people's businesses quite a lot of money and redesigning of the grid to allow people to plug their cars in en masse like that.

That requires as much of a redesign as switching over to hydrogen and has more cost associated with it in a shorter period of time.

08-03-2009, 05:44 AM	#44
ferelrossi Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 414 Senior Member	that is a rather small problem because some form of electricity grid is already here, while for hydrogen you would have to get new production sites, new means of transporting it to the gas station and new pumps See The_Fruity_One's post. I realise this all sounds wonderful to you,but the fact is that stuff like that is completely impractical at this time. Hybrids and hydrogen won't completely take away dependance on oil,but they are a mor practical solution at the moment and would still greatly reduce dependance,then twenty or so years down the road when battery tech or means of recharging are quicker and more widespread we could transition over. Hydrogen would also allow people to convert the vehicles they already have over and be a lot less expensive than trying to wholesale switch over to tech that quite honestly is just not ready for prime time. The electricity grid is "there" but not in the scale that it would take for what you suggest and would cost people's businesses quite a lot of money and redesigning of the grid to allow people to plug their cars in en masse like that. That requires as much of a redesign as switching over to hydrogen and has more cost associated with it in a shorter period of time.
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