Wind-Powered Hydrogen Prius

etyler88 · 11-03-2006, 04:53 PM

true guilt free driving is in Vermont now.

http://blogs.business2.com/greenwombat/200...indpowered.html

Cheap! · 11-03-2006, 05:01 PM

WAY TO GO!!!!!

tochatihu · 11-03-2006, 08:27 PM

Heh. While the rest of us are losing mpgs whenever we hit headwinds, these folks say 'let it blow"!

tripp · 11-03-2006, 10:10 PM

A full blown EV would go a lot further per kWh of electricity generated by the turbine but it's still pretty cool.

sl7vk · 11-03-2006, 10:55 PM

What a piece of junk. 80 mile range...... Just get that big ass windmill to plug into a pure electric Prius and it would be a dream come true.

Beryl Octet · 11-03-2006, 11:03 PM

Can someone explain the fascination with hydrogen to me? It's not an energy source, and replacing the entire infrastructure (pipelines, stations, etc.) just seems nuts to me, I already have electricity in my garage. And bio-diesel or some sort of ethanol would seem more practical. But perhaps I've been reading too much James Kunstler, and am missing the positive aspects.

Fibb222 · 11-04-2006, 01:28 AM

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Can someone explain the fascination with hydrogen to me? It's not an energy source, and replacing the entire infrastructure (pipelines, stations, etc.) just seems nuts to me, I already have electricity in my garage. And bio-diesel or some sort of ethanol would seem more practical. But perhaps I've been reading too much James Kunstler, and am missing the positive aspects.
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Right now hydrogen is pretty impractical - I recommend seeing the movie Who Killed the Electric Car? It nicely covers the reasons why hydrogen won't be replacing gasoline anytime soon.

Alric · 11-04-2006, 03:03 AM

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Can someone explain the fascination with hydrogen to me?
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Because it still has to be pumped.

tochatihu · 11-04-2006, 09:40 AM

That no troubling pollutants are released from the vehicle in operation. On a sufficiently large scale this would have a large positive effect on urban air quality. All of the other objections to hygrogen as a vehicle fuel seem perfectly reasonable to me though.

grasshopper · 11-04-2006, 09:45 AM

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Because it still has to be pumped.
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Thats right. That means that you will still pay for it. IMO the only renewable power source we should be spending money on is Solor. It is delivered for free.

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11-03-2006, 04:53 PM	#1
etyler88 etyler88 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dover, DE Posts: 448 My Car: 2005 Prius Package: #3 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 1	true guilt free driving is in Vermont now. http://blogs.business2.com/greenwombat/200...indpowered.html

11-03-2006, 05:01 PM	#2
Cheap! Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,157 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 4	WAY TO GO!!!!!

11-03-2006, 08:27 PM	#3
tochatihu Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Kunming Yunnan China Posts: 1,798 My Car: 2001 Prius Package: Pioneer #1 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 6	Heh. While the rest of us are losing mpgs whenever we hit headwinds, these folks say 'let it blow"!

11-03-2006, 10:10 PM	#4
tripp Which it's a 'ybrid, ain't it? Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 3,717 My Car: 2005 Prius Package: #3 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 2	A full blown EV would go a lot further per kWh of electricity generated by the turbine but it's still pretty cool.

11-03-2006, 10:55 PM	#5
sl7vk Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 362 My Car: 2006 Prius Package: #3 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	What a piece of junk. 80 mile range...... Just get that big ass windmill to plug into a pure electric Prius and it would be a dream come true.

11-03-2006, 11:03 PM	#6
Beryl Octet Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Abingdon VA Posts: 1,294 My Car: 2005 Prius Package: #4 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Can someone explain the fascination with hydrogen to me? It's not an energy source, and replacing the entire infrastructure (pipelines, stations, etc.) just seems nuts to me, I already have electricity in my garage. And bio-diesel or some sort of ethanol would seem more practical. But perhaps I've been reading too much James Kunstler, and am missing the positive aspects.

11-04-2006, 09:40 AM	#9
tochatihu Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Kunming Yunnan China Posts: 1,798 My Car: 2001 Prius Package: Pioneer #1 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 6	That no troubling pollutants are released from the vehicle in operation. On a sufficiently large scale this would have a large positive effect on urban air quality. All of the other objections to hygrogen as a vehicle fuel seem perfectly reasonable to me though.