kobra
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No one has mentioned hydrogen and fuel cells. That is where there seems to be more interest from commercial transportation and manufacturers, including ones like Toyota, Honda and even Cummins.
Here's a summary of a few things said by The Hydrogen Council;
-Battery technology does not have the energy density required for long range commercial use but hydrogen does.
-Hydrogen extraction costs have dropped about 70% in the past decade, but are still too high to be economical unless subsidized.
-Economies of scale are said to have room to drop the price of hydrogen and make it competitive with gasoline and diesel within this next decade.
Now as to whether the above statements made by the hydrogen council proves to play out as they expect is perhaps another story.
What does seem to be clear is that there is a move away from diesel and gas powered ICE, and lots of government regulations and money that is pushing for it. We live in oil and gas country so I don't like the negative impact this may have on our area in the next few years. The way I see it is we can complain all we want about the tide going out, but the tide is going out with or without us.
Of course, YMMV.
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Here's a summary of a few things said by The Hydrogen Council;
-Battery technology does not have the energy density required for long range commercial use but hydrogen does.
-Hydrogen extraction costs have dropped about 70% in the past decade, but are still too high to be economical unless subsidized.
-Economies of scale are said to have room to drop the price of hydrogen and make it competitive with gasoline and diesel within this next decade.
Now as to whether the above statements made by the hydrogen council proves to play out as they expect is perhaps another story.
What does seem to be clear is that there is a move away from diesel and gas powered ICE, and lots of government regulations and money that is pushing for it. We live in oil and gas country so I don't like the negative impact this may have on our area in the next few years. The way I see it is we can complain all we want about the tide going out, but the tide is going out with or without us.
Of course, YMMV.
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