I might repeat this question again later on with more info. But right now I just curiously want a real good opinion.Is a fuel cell vehicle really a good replacement for a gas vehicle?Easy 10 Points.
Its the next best thing at the moment. None of the electric cars can be fully charged less than 3 hours. Who wants to wait at a charging station for 3 hours? You can fuel up your gasoline/diesel/hydrogen car in minutes today. Electric cars will be for people who will drive very locally to their personal charging station in their garage. I have a 2001 VW Golf TDI that gets 50MPG and it has over 180,000 miles on it and it still gets 50MPG plus it has 150 ft-lbs of torque. It can run on biodiesel too. If I had a Prius, I would have had to spend all the money I saved on fuel and then some to replace the batteries ($4,000+) in the car twice in the same 10 years. In Europe, they have diesels that get 80 MPG, way better than the Prius could hope to accomplish.
IM WITH SAM AND JESS,,,TODAY AND FOR THE NEAR FUTURE THE BEST IS GAS OR DIESEL [sorry 4 yelling lol] in terms of cost per mile,,sase of refueling,,safety,,,there are many stations,, fuel transport is safe and proven,,,the future i believe is Hybrid,, and Gas plug in/Hybrid combos,,,the fact electricity is still produced at night when little is needed makes overnight recharge a great dealand the gas or Diesel engine in a Hybrid quells the fear of running out of fuel away from home/work
In an immediate pollution sense - yes. In an energy return sense - no. In an car enthusiast sense - I have no idea, probably not. In a price sense - definitely not. In a renewable sense - not quite yet, producing hydrogen is still inefficient. Either way it's nowhere near close to ready technologically for everyday use. Maybe in the future.
Depends on what type of fuel cell you have. They don't just run on hydrogen; some can reform natural gas to make hydrogen. A college near me was was testing a design using heavy fuel oil as their source of hydrogen- that stuff is thicker than old engine oil at 50 below zero. Eventually a quality cell built relatively cheaply will be developed. Since the ones now are more than twice as efficient as internal combustion engines on the same amount of fuel I have hope for them in the future.
