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In Reply to: Toyota poised to unleash another revolution, just like the Prius was. posted by tinear on November 19, 2014 at 07:05:31:
Why natural gas, of course. The frackers are going to love this but will environmentalists, presumably the intended market, feel the same? And filling station infrastructure? Since the Prius made use of an existing energy infrastructure, at least it didn't have an inconvenience or range anxiety hurdle to overcome so comparison of it to a fuel cell vehicle is not really valid in terms of potential market acceptance.
Overall this whole thing strikes me as typical LA auto show press release hyperbole...here today, gone tomorrow. We shall see.
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- And where do mass quantities of hydrogen currently come from??? - Steve O 12:48:27 11/19/14 (13)
- well, the most elegant source (besides interstellar) is electrolysis of water - mhardy6647 15:23:25 11/19/14 (11)
- RE: well, the most elegant source (besides interstellar) is electrolysis of water - b.l.zeebub 07:14:32 11/20/14 (7)
- xylose is a carbohydrate -- so called due to the empirical formula (C(H2O))n - mhardy6647 13:45:38 11/20/14 (6)
- RE: xylose is a carbohydrate -- so called due to the empirical formula (C(H2O))n - b.l.zeebub 17:46:30 11/20/14 (5)
- ahhh! gotcha! Not sure which bug/enzyme, but I don't doubt it... - mhardy6647 11:35:23 11/22/14 (4)
- RE: ahhh! gotcha! Not sure which bug/enzyme, but I don't doubt it... - b.l.zeebub 14:48:35 11/22/14 (3)
- yup - it produces CO2, so not exactly a panacea - mhardy6647 18:27:35 11/22/14 (2)
- Yes it does but... - b.l.zeebub 04:05:06 11/23/14 (1)
- When the winter gets dark enough I'll calculate the stoichiometry - mhardy6647 12:30:01 11/23/14 (0)
- Yep, massive nuclear fusion is our salvation... - Steve O 16:24:31 11/19/14 (1)
- I don't think controlled fusion is practical, full stop -- unfortunately - mhardy6647 17:01:22 11/19/14 (0)
- RE: There are many places where commercial scale wind energy is impractical...... - Todd A. 15:56:06 11/19/14 (0)
- RE: And where do mass quantities of hydrogen currently come from??? - abs1 14:54:26 11/19/14 (0)