[FLEAA] US drops car fuel cell research

2009-05-12 Thread Frank Leslie
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/science/earth/08energy.html?hpw has details. That approach was hideously expensive. Frank |=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= | Frank R. Leslie, M.S. Space Tech.|Adjunct Professor of Renewable Energy

Re: [FLEAA] US drops car fuel cell research

2009-05-12 Thread Bryan S Wall
Interesting piece Note: okay to use hydrogen for power plants, but not for cars??? He said he would probably reverse another Bush administration decision and restore funds for FutureGen, a program to build a power plant prototype. The plant would turn coal into gas, separate out the carbon

Re: [FLEAA] US drops car fuel cell research

2009-05-12 Thread fran sullivan-fahs
Hurrah, Frank! I am so glad that we have stepped out that huge sucking vortex of wasted dollars! Thanks for pointing that out to us. Fran The EVI - Original Message - From: Frank Leslie fles...@fit.edu To: cons-spst-energy-fo...@lists.sierraclub.org Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 3:33 PM

Re: [FLEAA] US drops car fuel cell research

2009-05-12 Thread peteamar
? Isn't a fuel cell vehicle an electric vehicle? Doesn't it?just stores electrons in a different way? Pete Amar in Fort Pierce. -Original Message- From: fran sullivan-fahs sullyf...@comcast.net To: FLEAA Mailing List listserv@floridaeaa.org Sent: Tue, 12 May 2009 11:03 am Subject:

Re: [FLEAA] US drops car fuel cell research

2009-05-12 Thread Andrew
Pete, Battery electric vehicles are at east 4 times more efficient than hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. A hydrogen fueling infrastructure from production to distribution and retail across the US would cost a trillion dollars. The charging infrastructure for battery electric vehicles largely exists