Comments on: Hypothetical Hydrogen? Whats the reality? http://www.sequence-omega.net/2009/08/22/hypothetical-hydrogen-whats-the-reality/ Fundamentally Different Sun, 18 Dec 2011 06:36:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Serge Vecher http://www.sequence-omega.net/2009/08/22/hypothetical-hydrogen-whats-the-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-159 Serge Vecher Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:05:30 +0000 http://www.sequence-omega.net/?p=646#comment-159 Anthony, good review. A big challenge for hydrogen you haven't touched upon is storage. Expensive carbon-fiber tanks store hydrogen compressed up 10,000 psi. Special precautions have to be taken, as hydrogen tends to leak easily given opportunity. Chemically binding hydrogen in a liquid removes storage and infrastructure problems. One such good example is Direct Methanol Fuel Cells. Have you looked into these? Anthony, good review. A big challenge for hydrogen you haven’t touched upon is storage. Expensive carbon-fiber tanks store hydrogen compressed up 10,000 psi. Special precautions have to be taken, as hydrogen tends to leak easily given opportunity.

Chemically binding hydrogen in a liquid removes storage and infrastructure problems. One such good example is Direct Methanol Fuel Cells. Have you looked into these?

]]> By: Greg Blencoe http://www.sequence-omega.net/2009/08/22/hypothetical-hydrogen-whats-the-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Greg Blencoe Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:48:02 +0000 http://www.sequence-omega.net/?p=646#comment-77 Thanks for writing about hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. FYI, here is a post I wrote that is titled "7 reasons to love Toyota hydrogen fuel cell vehicles" that discusses all of the progress that Toyota has made with the technology (like the 431-mile range that was mentioned in your post). http://hydrogendiscoveries.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/7-reasons-to-love-toyota-hydrogen-fuel-cell-vehicles/ Toyota is ahead of GM with hydrogen fuel cell technology. With oil prices heading much higher over the coming years, my view is that the focus needs to be on building LOTS of hydrogen fueling stations before the hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are ready in 2015. There are approximately 170,000 gasoline stations and over 250 million registered passenger vehicles in the U.S. Therefore, I think people need to be thinking MUCH BIGGER. Greg Blencoe Chief Executive Officer Hydrogen Discoveries, Inc. Thanks for writing about hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.

FYI, here is a post I wrote that is titled “7 reasons to love Toyota hydrogen fuel cell vehicles” that discusses all of the progress that Toyota has made with the technology (like the 431-mile range that was mentioned in your post).

http://hydrogendiscoveries.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/7-reasons-to-love-toyota-hydrogen-fuel-cell-vehicles/

Toyota is ahead of GM with hydrogen fuel cell technology.

With oil prices heading much higher over the coming years, my view is that the focus needs to be on building LOTS of hydrogen fueling stations before the hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are ready in 2015.

There are approximately 170,000 gasoline stations and over 250 million registered passenger vehicles in the U.S. Therefore, I think people need to be thinking MUCH BIGGER.

Greg Blencoe
Chief Executive Officer
Hydrogen Discoveries, Inc.

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