Replies to post #205454 on Zeev's Turnips Patch-No Politics (ZEEV)

[lee kramer]

Sold some Nq;s 1492

[phill]

Hi, Zeev. What? Not much data on a government one-size-fits-all site? Heavens! <vbg>

Here's a quick an' dirty on what (the industry thinks) is likely to be the 1st generation of hydrogen cells for transport:
http://www.fleet-central.com/af/news_fuel_pick.cfm?rank=2627

...though they don't specifically address the ever-lurking issue of what happens when one of those popular monster trucks crashes into my mini-Hindenberg.

If you want to play some more (after all, you got the day off, right?), here are a few links for fuel cells and a whole bunch of other stuff, some related:
http://www.iags.org/links.html
This one looks interesting: http://www.h2fc.com/companies.html

My best guess is we'll know something is up when we start to see BLDP stock price rising precipitously. BLDP may or may not have the right tech but, last I read, it had deals already signed with virtually all the major auto makers. Thus, it's my DEW line until proven otherwise.

Not my field of expertise, though. I'd be more than happy to be updated by someone more current.

regards,

phill

PS the latest (March 2004) issue of Road and Track magazine has Mazda issuing a gasoline/hydrogen dashboard-switchable model of its RX-8 sports car for model year 2005. The Mazda rotary engines are well suited to a bi-fuel system, as one just pokes another hole in the combustion chamber and hooks up the hydrogen line. No messing with valve gear, etc. fwiw. Nice car, though the styling leaves a bit to be desired. Under $30k. You can't be spending all that money on inventions, can you? <g>