Hydrogen Cars, Vehicles and Infrastructure
This section talks about the critics of hydrogen cars and economy and their opinions.
by guest blogger Stan Thompson New Testament, Book of Matthew, Chapter 7, verse 3: And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? This familiar passage is quoted not because scripture proves anything about GM, Nikola or pundit journalism but […]
Continue Readingby guest blogger Stan Thompson Many of us who saw the hydrogen transition coming over two decades ago are frustrated by writers today who feel obliged to apologize for the vast amount of hydrogen that goes into fertilizer and petrochemicals. Many of these folks probably feel they have to mention it because so many have […]
Continue ReadingHonda announced earlier this month that it intends to lease its Clarity fuel cell vehicle at the end of 2016 in California for just under $500 per month. Is this good news or bad? If you compare the 5-seat Clarity to the 4-seat Toyota Mirai, the monthly lease price is about the same. Ten […]
Continue ReadingHydrogen car naysayers, negative Nancies, pessimists, critics, skeptics, deniers, detractors, scoffers, whiners, malcontents, complainers, fusspots, gripers, snivelers, squawkers, curmudgeons, sourpusses, party poopers, faultfinders, nitpickers, grinches, killjoys, spoilsports, quibblers and defeatists have had a bad 2 weeks. Toyota and Mercedes-Benz (Daimler) has seen to that. On Wednesday last week (October 25, 2015) Toyota made an historic […]
Continue ReadingIn late 2005, I posted the first pages to my hydrogen cars website and about 6 months later I posted the first pages to the blog. I thought it would be fun and entertaining to take a look back over the past 10-plus years to see how the hydrogen car debate has changed. Back in […]
Continue ReadingMichael Lynch, a contributor to Forbes, has written a funny “future” overview of hydrogen car development in California. Mr. Lynch’s satirical prognostication pokes fun at the government and governor of California. According to Mr. Lynch, “In January 2015, with hydrogen vehicles still costing nearly $100,000, the state of California decides to hold auto executives hostage. […]
Continue ReadingCritics have been talking about how the Transport for London project which includes building several H2 buses for the British metropolitan area is not as green of a project as it appears. And, they have a point. The five hydrogen powered buses will be build in Northern Ireland, then shipped 17,240 miles roundtrip to San […]
Continue ReadingMany critics as well as uniformed people cite hydrogen fires and explosions as their main concerns about hydrogen cars. Many will talk about the Hindenburg fallacy when stating their cases as to why we should not pursue hydrogen vehicles in the first place. And, yes it is true that hydrogen is a flammable and combustible […]
Continue ReadingThe U. S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has come out strongly against a company called Hydro-Assist Fuel Cell (HAFC or Dutchman Enterprises) in specific and the whole hydrogen fuel injection industry in general. A press release was issued by the commission titled, “FTC Sues Promoters of Bogus Fuel Efficiency Device.” The FTC is making two […]
Continue ReadingIt’s difficult to read an article titled “Hydrogen Cars Won’t Make a Difference for 40 Years” that ran in Wired.com yesterday and not respond. I passed on responding on this inaccurate assessment yesterday, but not today. Overall the article outlines some points pro and con that I agree with and ends on a note that […]
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