![]() Each step loses energy - and not just a little. The hydrogen process involves three steps: making hydrogen, storing and distributing it, then producing electricity again in a fuel cell. Today, hydrogen is used in massive quantities around the world as an industrial gas, and 96% of it is made from fossil fuels, with consequent CO2 and other emissions entering the atmosphere. ![]() The idea is a seductive one and has received a great deal of support from Asian OEMs such as Toyota, Honda and Hyundai. The hydrogen will be stored onboard the vehicle as a high-pressure gas, which is fed to a fuel cell - a type of flow battery where hydrogen reacts with oxygen from the air, with the resulting flow of electrons being used to run an electric motor. We could use that excess to generate hydrogen from water at a fuelling station. The H2 (hydrogen molecule) dream being pitched is that we soon will make renewable electricity in abundance - way more of it during parts of the day than we need. ![]() We refuel in minutes at a “gas station” just like we do today, with a range per fill about the same as a typical gas engine car. Zombie Technology 4: E-roads Zombie Technology 2: Hydrogen fuel cell cars The dreamĮmissions-free driving, using a fuel made from water using excess solar and wind electricity. Zombie Technology 2: Hydrogen fuel cell cars Zombie Technology 1: Solar panels on cars In this short series of Halloween-themed articles, James Carter and Paul Martin analyze four technologies that display zombie characteristics. These problems aren’t enough to stop hardy groups of individuals fromĬontinuing their development and promotion, fuelled by the promise ofįulfilling those technologies’ potential. Technology, cost, business model, and in some cases, the basic laws of physics. Problems that - when viewed objectively - relegate the technology to prototypeįorm with limited commercial value. However, each comes with a challenging list of This is the second in a short series of articles that will culminate on Halloween, in which we present four zombie technologies that display zombie characteristicsĪll seen it: great new technologies with huge potential from a central promise
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