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**Cibirrigmavog** · 08-03-2009, 06:19 AM

Ive also felt that fuel cell is the way to go, superficially its just like running a normal petrol/diesel car so people are bound to accept it better. Sure hydrogen extraction uses power and can cost a lot, but as you say IC engines arent exactly a world of efficiency anyway. Besides its not as if tons of money and energy isnt used to extract oil anyway.

You would go from one inefficent system to another, assuming you use electricity to make the hydrogen the argument that electricity is made from coal and oil counts even more due to the lower efficency.

A fuel cell for a car is not cheap to produce either right now, mass production would apply to both fuel cells and batteries.

08-03-2009, 06:19 AM	#46
Cibirrigmavog Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 386 Senior Member	Ive also felt that fuel cell is the way to go, superficially its just like running a normal petrol/diesel car so people are bound to accept it better. Sure hydrogen extraction uses power and can cost a lot, but as you say IC engines arent exactly a world of efficiency anyway. Besides its not as if tons of money and energy isnt used to extract oil anyway. You would go from one inefficent system to another, assuming you use electricity to make the hydrogen the argument that electricity is made from coal and oil counts even more due to the lower efficency. A fuel cell for a car is not cheap to produce either right now, mass production would apply to both fuel cells and batteries.
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