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This post was written by admin on February 14, 2010
why they complicate thinks?
if they burn pure h2 in normal engine, the result will be greater
don’t you think?
I agree with mrphate89 theres something you cant replicate like the the roar of a motor or the power of one but theres also of the question of the Hydrogen gas under pressure it would go up a lot worse than petrol in a leak actual its more of a bomb.
And another thing as a rider with a 800 VFR with staintune exhaust system which is fairly loud i still get people saying i did not see or hear you (friggin deaf and dumb) when they almost run you off the road imagine with this thing being silent ?
@TheDuerden you would become the first man on a scooter to visit the moon
i hope im long dead before we loose the combustion engine….. bikes are not going to be the same without that roaring engine between your bollocks….
@addys well… my vote would be on solar energy even though is clear that it won’t be of much help in places near the poles where there are long periods of time without enough solar light.
Too bad nuclear engine generates dangerous – long term wastes.
BTW: I agree about missing the sound of a good ol combustion engine… but I guess in the future it will be remembered as we do now with vapor machines many years ago… IMO
people don’t realise it takes electricity made from coal to make the hydrogen fuel cells work. they just think “no petrol”, must be cheap at the bowser. nuclear power people! Shut up hypies. nuke power!
True, nuke power is the way to go.
But think first. How you get electricity ?? Its mainly made by coal power station ( places where electricity is made) . It polute earth much more than petrol used in engines. We should make atomic power stations to get clean power , than we can use electric engines.
Ok, fair enough .. car’s deserve petrol engine’s too … (they have to be good looking car’s doh)
Scooters can be on electro since they suck anyway.. it would change if they would run on electro..
But they shouln’t ruin bikes that you need to shift gears with (50cc or more)
I totally agree on that electormotors suck.. they don’t have the sound.. or a soul ):
But.. before we all drive electo
, we’ll be all dead.. or atleast enjoyed the last moments of a roaring petrol engine’s
it would be like ridein a old boiler, just waiting for it to explode.
nice concept, but scarey
First thing I thought too..what happens when some numpty hits the side of you in traffic and breaches the tank.
10,000psi is quite a lot of pressure to be SITTING ON TOP OF!!
10,000 psi?! I’d sure hat to see that thing go off the wrong way in an accident. Whether it cut loose or whatever. Even the line blowing off could be highly dangerous.
law makers and hippie’s don’t care thats the problem.
@patrick1wtf
No , cars shouldn’t run on electromotors . Firstly cars diserve petrol engines as much as bikes. Secondaly electromotors sucks. Makes more polution and have no SOUL.
And since the most people use cars.. this won’t help (much),
they should let cars run on electromotors,
don’t ruin the bikes first :S
(my opinion, doh..)
@theninj1 Many cars in South America are powered by Natural Gas so cant be any worse. For it to explode the tank would need to be punchured and something would need to ignite it since it cant just combust by being exposed to air.
I think the argument for/against this sort of hydrogen vehicle isn’t the same as the one for/against The Hydrogen Economy. A lot of hydrogen is produced (and wasted) as an industrial by-product. It could have a value which makes firms want to keep it and sell if it more cities decide (like London has) they wants more hydrogen-powered vehicles running about them. Six hydrogen filling stations are promised for London by 2012. They don’t need eletrolysis or reformation to supply them, just waste h2
The main difference between H2 and oil is that every country can produce H2, you just need the know-how and electicity. So from this point of view the more developed countreis are more likely to produce H2 and not only the OPEC. So there will be much more competition than in the oil market. The sceond beneffit is that H2 powerd motors do not have any CO2 emission which is also a benefit for the end consumer because the air he breath becomes much cleaner.
Perhaps oil companies (i.e., Exxon Mobil, Chevron, BP, etc…) will control hydrogen, but not OPEC.
Any small start-up companies with viable technologies will be swallowed up by large corporations, just like what’s happening with battery and renewable energy technologies.
A battery has a lifetime, just like solar panels and wind generators or anything else, and will have to be replaced.
I meant OPEC the Oil Cartel, they are going to be the leaders in providing H2 for the masses, my statement was, how does that benefit normal hardworking people, they will probably pay the same or more for H2 which does not have any advantage for them as a consumer.
Battery powered vehicles are the only vehicles that have a chance of accually bringing people a new product, that they can charge themselves the battery /wind power business has alot of small companies fighting for money, NOT acartel
you can use the energy that you would have used to power a battery machine to create H2, its fairly simple really, you just need some renewable energy source and free hydrogen fuel.
@Buttmunch5000
Any technology that gains mainstream acceptance is going to be controlled by “cartels,” as you call them.
Where are you going to get your battery?
“CARTELS!”
Where are you going to get your wind generator, solar and other renewable energy equipment?
“CARTELS!!!”
The act of producing batteries has a lot of embodied energy, too.
A 5% increase per year in battery tech is a lot less than the 400% efficiency gain this hydrogen scooter has over its all-battery counterparts
No mention of price then? Soon as I heard platinum am thinking it would cost a fortune to buy.