Wild,
It seems to work like they want it to, but it said that if it were to retail today, it would cost as much as a warehouse full of corvettes.
Same as a pc several years years ago.
"cautiousness"?
proper use of hydrogen is no problem, rocket, space vehicles used it for decades and the techonology.to make vehicles move by electric motors instead of gas engines is very old stuff.
to me is not coutiousness but intentional "resistance to change" to keep control on energy supply. As you probably know anyone can generate her/his own hydrogen at home given the "tool", same way you have a refrigerator to make ice and a microwave oven to cook etc etc. Just a portable or transportable hydrogen generator, which you can actually buy right now except it cost too much. AND probably banned to the public in the future.
jim,
Yes, but look a little closer... who is investing heavily in fuel cell technology? The big oil companies.
exactly, "investing" and keeping it on hold until they figure out how to leave everyone out the new business
Think about it. Who has an investment already in all of the fueling stations - and has the capability to deliver massive amounts of fuel?
If a true 'hydrogen' supplier were to try to get established... how successful would they be? Think how expensive it would be.
distribution gets to be a difficult thing.
Not really, they fear that consumer AND entire COUNTRIES may find a way to bypass the distributor and dealer and become more independent.