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Environment & Energy

OKIsItJustMe

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2. Race cars have been the R&D platform for a number of automobile technologies.

Reply to LARED (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 9, 2012, 12:22 PM

Jun 2012

They also popularize technologies.

Imagine what “Joe Six Pack” will think when he sees a high-performance (fuel cell) electric-powered car refueled at pit row, as quickly and easily as a conventional automobile is.

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Hydrogen fuel cells begin to show off in the world of competitive racing [View all] OKIsItJustMe Jun 2012 OP

Electric motors can provide 100% torque just about instantaneously LARED Jun 2012 #1

Race cars have been the R&D platform for a number of automobile technologies. OKIsItJustMe Jun 2012 #2

Unfortunately hydrogen is not an energy source. longship Jun 2012 #3

Petroleum products are also not an energy source. They merely store energy in the form of chemical kestrel91316 Jun 2012 #4

What????? longship Jun 2012 #5

And how (exactly) is this relevant? OKIsItJustMe Jun 2012 #6

Thank you. You just made my point. longship Jun 2012 #8

And the point that I made was…? OKIsItJustMe Jun 2012 #9

Hydrogen is fucking NOT a source of energy!!! longship Jun 2012 #12

I believe everyone knows that OKIsItJustMe Jun 2012 #13

Okay, OKIsItJustMe. longship Jun 2012 #14

“I confess that my teaching life more than occasionally kicks in here on DU.” OKIsItJustMe Jun 2012 #15

Water, Sunlight intaglio Jun 2012 #7

Well, you've made my point. longship Jun 2012 #10

I don't believe anyone here thinks that Hydrogen is an energy source. OKIsItJustMe Jun 2012 #11

There is not a natural source of gasoline intaglio Jun 2012 #19

It is thermodynamics 101 longship Jun 2012 #20

And if the energy is free, what happens to your calculations? intaglio Jun 2012 #21

I don't give a shit about efficiency of oil longship Jun 2012 #22

So what is your alternative? intaglio Jun 2012 #23

Well, I think we're on the same page longship Jun 2012 #24

What is the specific problem you want storage to solve? kristopher Jun 2012 #26

Hydrogen, as an energy carrier, is far more efficient than petroleum and H2 Cars will kick ass and.. NYC_SKP Jun 2012 #16

I like it to even out the day/night solar power cycle longship Jun 2012 #17

H2 peaker plants at every wind farm... NYC_SKP Jun 2012 #18

Would you propose putting peaking plants next to baseload plants? kristopher Jun 2012 #25

I'm in an ag area, and my reply was quite a generalization. NYC_SKP Jun 2012 #27