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hunter

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16. I'm skeptical of any "hydrogen economy" and...

Reply to solarhydrocan (Reply #14)

Sun Feb 16, 2014, 06:13 PM

Feb 2014

... I look forward to the end of the automobile age.

The most awesome forms of transportation ever devised by humans are comfortable shoes, bicycles, and sailing ships.

Hydrogen powered spacecraft are pretty cool too, but most of the heavy lifting is still done by much dirtier fuels.

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ScientificAmerican: Inside the Solar-Hydrogen House: No More Power Bills--Ever [With Update] [View all] solarhydrocan Feb 2014 OP

imagine where we'd be onethatcares Feb 2014 #1

You're absolutely right. Unfortunately... solarhydrocan Feb 2014 #2

Bread and circuses ... Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2014 #5

The device cost $500,000 to construct fasttense Feb 2014 #3

The first of anything is always pretty expensive eridani Feb 2014 #4

Kick And Recommend cantbeserious Feb 2014 #6

Thank you! DeSwiss Feb 2014 #7

I have long thought hydrogen fuel cells are the key to our energy future Martin Eden Feb 2014 #8

Toyota agrees. Next year they are introducing a Hydrogen Car solarhydrocan Feb 2014 #15

That is pretty damn cool. neverforget Feb 2014 #9

If this is the answer, then there is something seriously wrong with the question. hunter Feb 2014 #10

I like your post a lot; it contains a lot of common sense. MH1 Feb 2014 #13

If you watch the first video (or even the first 20 min or so) solarhydrocan Feb 2014 #14

I'm skeptical of any "hydrogen economy" and... hunter Feb 2014 #16

Everyone should be skeptical solarhydrocan Feb 2014 #17

Is the first picture the house? If so, the hydrogen tanks seem to occupy as much space as the house El_Johns Feb 2014 #11

That's a garage. Bluenorthwest Feb 2014 #12

Cool. greytdemocrat Feb 2014 #18

weekday kick for important info solarhydrocan Feb 2014 #19

Yah ... this dude rocks. 1000words Feb 2014 #20

And it cost half a million bucks? Yo_Mama Feb 2014 #21

And what did calculators cost in 1972? solarhydrocan Feb 2014 #22