I agree with those objections John, but there's also the same problems with batteries which have to be recycled, transported and disposed of in the same way, and they are much heavier. The cleanliness control of central generation isn't relevant here since fuel cells don't generate pollution while running, just water.
As ever it will be what the customer buys that will be the decider, and the performance, range, and instant refilling of a fuel cell vehicle will always give it the advantage over anything that carries it's power stored in batteries. We couldn't run battery buses around London with anything like the efficiency and costs of the hydrogen ones we're running now.
We just need the generating capacity from the power stations to produce the hydrogen and fuel cells are ready now, unlike batteries.
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Last edited by flecc : 5th August 2008 at 15:10.
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