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Originally Posted by PITBOSS  The weight of the cars, epa regulations, trying to please the American consumer, and still turn a profit have all played a factor. Remember, we want big stuff, it's gotta have at least 300hp. Now that the public is begging for efficient vehicles, maybe the manufacturers will do something.
Check out the hydrogen cars that a few of the manufacturers are testing right now. I saw one rig where you have your own filling station at home connected to your natural gas line. That would be cool! |
Don't think that natural gas connection would happen.
Natural gas prices have soared as well.
Plus...
The chemical conversion from Ch4 (methane/natural gas) to make Hydrogen is fairly complex, involving, injecting steam (h20) into hot gas (ch4) for "cracking" the h2 molecule off of/from ch4/h20 at a ratio of 5:1+-1-2% the conversion also creates...CO, and C02.
How is creating more hydro-carbons helping the environment? Not much.
Conserving gas is great, ride a horse, or a bike.
For you chem nerds...
A high-temperature thermochemical process using a redox system of metal oxide is proposed for converting CH4 to CO, H2, and C2-hydrocarbons (C2-HCs). Reactions were performed in a two-step redox cycle. In the first high-temperature and endothermic step, methane is reacted with metal oxide to produce C2-HCs and the reduced metal oxide: 2CH4+metal oxide→C2Hn+(4-n/2)H2O + reduced metal oxide In the second step, H2O or CO2 is reacted with the reduced metal oxide to generate H2 or CO at lower temperatures: H2O + reduced metal oxide → H2 + metal oxide CO2 + reduced metal oxide → CO + metal oxide The net reactions are 2CH4 → C2Hn + (4-n/2)H2, and 2CH4 + (4-n/2)CO2 → C2Hn+ (4-n/2)(CO + H2O) A thermodynamic analysis showed that redox systems of Fe3O4/FeO, SnO2/SnO and WO3/WO2 are promising for the two-step process. The redox system of Fe3O4 was experimentally examined. Methane was selectively converted to C2-HCs, H2, and CO by the two-step process using the SiO2-supported Fe3O4 (Fe3O4/SiO2) in the temperature range from 1123 to 1173 K. (1562 to 1652*F) It was found that the high-temperature methane decomposition to bulk carbon was efficiently suppressed over Fe3O4/SiO2. This process offers the efficient endothermic net reaction for converting natural gas to C2H4, H2, and CO with upgraded calorific values, utilizing concentrated solar radiation as the energy source of high-temperature process heat below 1173 K.
What ever happen to solar powered vehicles?
I believe that the hydrogen fuel cell is great alt fuel. It is very dangerous, and right now would be hard to refuel.
Plus there are so many idiots running the streets, people would be blowing up shit left and right.