Hydrogen cars today will actually have larget total carbon foorprints than gasoline powered cars.
Not exact matches
Many skyscrapers — and even homes — have such fuel cells
today, but the prototype
cars on the road — ranging from GM's fuel cell Chevy Equinox to BMW's
hydrogen - burning 7 Series sedan — have proved too expensive so far to fulfill the Bush administration's dreams of a
hydrogen car economy.
Mercedes - Benz welcomes a new flagship SLS AMG sports
car, new E-Class wagon, and a limited - production
hydrogen F - Cell vehicle for 2011In addition to option changes across the board, there are two all - new, twin - turbo V - 8 engines, a facelifted CL - Class, and the diesel powerplant finds a new homeHistoryMercedes - Benz Motor Company, a German automaker, was founded in 1881, making it the world's oldest automotive brand still in operation
today.
Billed as rolling laboratory for the sort of driveline technology Mercedes expects to include on its luxury
cars in the not - too - distant future, the big
hydrogen - powered
car gets an advanced fuel cell that, in theory, is capable of providing it with the performance to beat even the most powerful of
today's S - class coupe models, the S600, while endowing it with zero - emission performance.
Although the dominant type of energy storage in
today's electric
cars is lithium - ion batteries, not every
car company is going in that direction, as Toyota demonstrates with its continued push for a different technology —
hydrogen fuel cells.
-- Muller believes humans are changing climate with CO2 emissions — humans have been responsible for «most» of a 0.4 C warming since 1957, almost none of the warming before then — IPCC is in trouble due to sloppy science, exaggerated predictions; chairman will have to resign — the «Climategate» mails were not «hacked» — they were «leaked» by an insider — due to «hide the decline» deception, Muller will not read any future papers by Michael Mann — there has been no increase in hurricanes or tornadoes due to global warming — automobiles are insignificant in overall picture — China is the major CO2 producer, considerably more than USA
today — # 1 priority for China is growth of economy — global warming is not considered important — China CO2 efficiency (GDP per ton CO2) is around one - fourth of USA
today, has much room for improvement — China growth will make per capita CO2 emissions at same level as USA
today by year 2040 — if it is «not profitable» it is «not sustainable» — US energy future depends on shale gas for automobiles;
hydrogen will not be a factor — nor will electric
cars, due to high cost — Muller is upbeat on nuclear (this was recorded pre-Fukushima)-- there has been no warming in the USA — Muller was not convinced of Hansen's GISS temperature record; hopes BEST will provide a better record.