Comments on: Honda Unveils Zero-Emission Automobile

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Car Emits Only Water; Limited Number Headed To Southern California

[singingrick]

If we had only spent the 3 trillion dollars we''re spending in Iraq on developing technologies like this, we''d be exporting it to the world by now. Instead we''re exporting blood and dollars to import oil. This is the result of so called "conservative" leadership. Instead of looking after our nations future and security, they''ve been taking care of oil companies.


Thanks Bushies!

[neonink]

Try Home Fuel Stations?

Honda is working on that as well.

In 2003 Honda established an experimental Home Energy Station that generates hydrogen from natural gas for use in fuel cell vehicles, while supplying ...

http://world.honda.com/FuelCell/FCX/station/

[djberson]

At least it is better looking than that fugly prius.

[lochlan-2009]

"Honda expects to lease out a "few dozen" units this year and about 200 units within a year."

Lease? So no ownership, they will be taking them back. Surprising similarities to the EV-1 and at $600/month (minus tax incentive) for the movie stars having such a hard time affording these gas prices. What tax incentive does Honda get for these cars?

Imagine these cars with tax reimbursed solar panels and a pond (or rain catch) on your property. They obviously are not planning on keeping these out there though.

[dukedodge]

Hydrogen is not renewable per se. It''s UNLIMITED!

[dukedodge]

As for Hydrogen Fuel stations...build them and we will come!

[l8c6]

Cheney might be driving one of these "green" cars in the new "green" city of the global elite, Dubai, his new residence.

How much belief in Allah and God does anyone from Dubai really have? Religion is used against the people as a form of social control.

[l8c6]

Who killed the electric car? Check it out. General motors built some electric vehicles and had test runner in California under a similar project a few years ago and in the end the vehicles were taken back and destroyed. There is trillions of dollars of oil left in the earth and regardless of what it does to the future of humanity to continue building infrastructure around it, the people who control energy have much profit to lose should something else come along that sharply reduces demand for oil.

[boyntonbe]

aeasus, afmca

Right on!!!! and thanks for the H2 gen comment.

While the oil and auto lobby play with higher gas mileage cars --which doesn''t get us away from their precious black gold--others around the world are inventing new proplulsion ideas. One is going to stick. In recent decades, anything new re: lower consumption or savings, the ideas were bought up by big oil, and put in a vault. Remember the end of the first Indy Jones movie where his prize ancient find was stuck on a shelf???

[extremophil]

It''s only proper to let the celebrities have the first pick of these autos, so they can cancel out the "carbon footprints" of their jets, mansions, and limos.

[aeasus]

The biggest obstacles standing in the way of wider adoption of fuel cell vehicles are cost and the dearth of hydrogen fuel stations.
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an inadequate supply...........this has to be the stupidest reason I''ve ever heard! A simple home based H2 generator would surfice!

[afmca]

This is why the American car manufacturer is doomed. While they spend their money on bribing Congress to retain the status quo on fuel efficiency; the Japanese continue to take the lead on creating fuel and environmentally efficient cars. By legislating the status quo Congress once again takes the short term business approach to CEO bonuses versus the long term viability of the industry. This has nothing to do with the American worker and everything to do with the stupidity of the American corporate executive.