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Originally Posted by vr4operator
I've been interested in solar, hydrothermal, hydrogen, etc power for a long time. Even solar, as long as its been around is still not widely used, and no one out there can say it doesn't actually work, and its free (well, after equipment and installation costs, lol).
Butch
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For an automotive use I still think the best alternative is the hydrogen fuel cell. We have already concluded that hydrogen is easy to produce via electrolysis, and we could easily use solar cells to power the production of hydrogen. Picture this: Instead of having refineries around the country producing gasoline which needs to be transported to gas stations, each station will produce its own hydrogen (for larger cities there can be separate hydrogen production facilities in order to meet the demands of a larger population). California already has hydrogen cell cars on the road and I believe Honda plans to have 1 million in production by the end of 2009.