Not exact matches
«We now know that we can build more
hydrogen fueling
stations if we examine the safety issues within a sound, technical framework that focuses on the real behaviors of
hydrogen.»
If station developers and others take a more performance - based approach, he said, more existing fueling facilities will be able to integrate
hydrogen systems and support the developing fuel - cell electric vehicle market.
«Car drivers can only benefit from the advantages of technology
if there are enough
hydrogen filling
stations available: long ranges, short refueling times and no local emissions.»
That is,
if you can find somewhere to fill it;
hydrogen stations are largely limited to the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas.
Ignoring the billions (
if not trillions) of dollars needed to create a
station infrastructure, consider
hydrogen production complexity and cost, a process that still relies entirely on fossil fuels.
Of the Honda Clarity variants, the Fuel Cell is California - only and makes sense
if you're in one of the areas with
hydrogen fueling: LA / Orange County and San Francisco with two
stations in between, plus San Diego and Sacramento.
If privately - owned fuel cell vehicles were to be capable of being readily refueled, this would require reformers (equipment capable of reforming, say, natural gas into
hydrogen) to be located at filling
stations, and would also require natural gas to be available there as a
hydrogen feed - stock.
If the oil companies don't get the
hydrogen fueling
stations built because they want to keep us addicted to oil, then companies like Wal Mart and car dealerships will start building
hydrogen stations.
If the
hydrogen and the fuel cells are cheap enough, the
hydrogen stations will get built.
If you are wondering how close you live or work to a
station, just take a visit to the National
Hydrogen Association website.
As for solutions
if CO2 is a big problem: I think we should just replace coal - fired power
stations with nuclear, and then shift terrestrial transportation first to natural gas and then
hydrogen, leaving the fossil fuels for air - travel.