alt.energy.homepower

B&B Musmon wrote:

> After asking a question about back up electricity here it became very
> obvious that there are a lot of very smart people here. There are a
> lot of people talking about Hyrogen Cell technology and I know that
> both Ford and GM have programs, which would be excelerated with a
> little government help.

Yes I'm sure they'll take some money from the government.


> I have heard that this technology could be
> productive in less than 20 years and now I am thinking it might be the
> ultimate solution, not only could it power our cars but generators and
> possible heat our homes. Not that it would help me a lot at my age
> but for the future, it would be nice to know we haven't left behind a
> total mess. Anyone know where we are with this, how optimistic is 20
> years?

Hydrogen requires vast amounts of non-carbon generated electrical energy to
electrolyse if you want to be 'green'. That means loads of nukes. Most hydrogen
is currently made from fossil fuels - oops !

It'll also be very expensive.

It's a pipedream.

Also the fuel cells are very expensive and have a limited lifetime.

Graham