I told one of my classes last week, after the Gulf of Mexico disaster, that the next time I heard someone talk about the romance of the internal combustion engine, I was going to deck them.
As with coal, so with oil. (See last post below.) We don’t need it, and the sooner we transition to the technology-driven economy, the easier we are all going to be able to breathe – literally and figuratively. I quoted a “NYT” story here to the effect that, at a recent international auto show, “…the internal-combustion engine seemed almost passé.”
Well, aside from hybrids and EVs, there’s the fuel cell car. It’s about time, it seems to me. Honda is coming out with the FCX Clarity. Seems like a blockbuster to me. Emissions? No carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, hydrocarbons, oxides of nitrogen, or particulates. Only water vapor. ZEV works for me. You?
For an entertaining look at hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, see Click and Clack on Nova here. In Iceland, not incidentally, they’re going to make their hydrogen with 100% renewable energy, hydro or geothermal.
And take a closer look here at how the Clarity works.
