you can power a rangers (or any vehicle for that matter) stock drivetrain with an electric motor....so whats to stop a guy from having a hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered 4x4 truck?
The simple basic fact that to have any kind of range at all with a hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicle you have to have a hydrogen tank of such proportions that you'd need a police escort to drive anywhere.
when did the conversation turn from hydrogen fuel cell's to plug-in electric?
fuel cell vehicles dont need to be recharged, they need to be refueled, same as your ICE vehicles.
You need refueling stations FREQUENTLY or you need a home hydrogen generator which is going to run on electricity.
Why? because Fuel cell powered vehicles have a
fuel capacity no greater than some riding mowers.
That doesn't seem like much, but it ammounts to slightly
more than triple the range of a simple electric.
I don't know about you but I like my wheeling to be more
than a 1/2hour jaunt around the vacant lot between the
Home Depot and the Walmart across the street from the
hydrogen fueling station
Fueling a vehicle with Dilithium crystals or antimater isn't
that much more "science fiction" than hydrogen is.
read, and weep.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/staff/robert_boyd/story/16179.html
"A hydrogen car is one of the least efficient, most expensive ways to reduce greenhouse gases," said Joseph Romm, a physicist who was in charge of renewable energy research in the Carter administration. "If you want to slow down global warming, you're not going to do it with a hydrogen car."
Asked when he thinks hydrogen cars will be broadly available, Romm, the hydrogen skeptic, replied: "Not in our lifetime, and very possibly never."
"Hydrogen is not going to make a huge dent in oil use by 2020," said Joan Ogden, an energy specialist at the University of California, Davis. "A 30- to 40-year time frame is more likely."
You may indulge in debating how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.
The fact is angels don't exsist and you'all don't have the foggiest clue
what a pin is, but you can argue about it until hell freezes.
FACT, gaseous fuels stored under pressure cannot store
a practical ammount of energy in a transport situation.
(Note: Propane is not "Gaseous" it is liquid under pressure
in a tank which is different)
Look alcohol reduces range by nearly half and people are upset about that imagine reducing range by half again?
People are used to 300-400 miles on a tankful of gasoline
suddenly dropping to 180miles per tank on E80 is a bitter
pill to swallow. carrying enough hydrogen (20 gallons) to
equal 5gallons of gas is only actually practical in a full size
truck without employing a cryogenic storage tank
Ahhh... I can picture the first recall for cars when several explode in parking lots from frosted evaporation vents in a shopping mall parking lots....
KABOOM!!!
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