In 2001 Sam tired a home-produced hydrogen kit for his 2-year-old Lincoln to use both gas and hydrogen together. The improved gas milage was remarkable, but the hydrogen was very dry burning. His engine needed rebuilding after only one year. That was 8 years ago. Maybe the technology is better today for hydrogen and can offer improved fuel economy and better performance.
The hydrogen fuel is runs very dry and is causing a flaking off of metal in the engines. The flaking failure has been found in sliding / rolling contacts. The stress corrosion cracking, a dilemma found in engines that run on primarily on hydrogen fuel, is being studied by consultants to see how it might be corrected.
It is a known fact that some Alternative fuels, i.e., biofuels may cause metal stress. Ethanol stress, corrosion, cracking is being researched by the industrial industry to see how this problem can be avoided. We have so many natural resources in the USA to make the biofuels " why pay $6.00 a gallon when our own country has the means to make fuels.
When times get hard enough the American public begins to wake up and demand an improvement in the situation. Now that gasoline at the gas pump has gone up to $4.50 a gallon in 2008, America is starting to demand relief. At one time there was a very successful electrical car that the testing families loved. A movie: "who killed the electric car?" was produced to get attention to the withdrawal and crushing of the electric car.
A number of worldwide automakers are in the hunt for a method to ecologically improve automobile fuel economy while still meeting today's strict emissions requirements. Will the oil cartel allow the politicians to support the people's wishes in finding a local solution to the high oil and gasoline prices? Who really controls the research and direction of fuel saving devices?
One Green way to boost fuel economy is to add hydrogen to the fuel/air mixture in a conventional gasoline engine. It's called a hydrogen-boosted gas engine. However, since hydrogen isn't readily available at your local filling station, selling a hydrogen-boosted gas engine hasn't been on any automaker's to do list. People pressure might help.
Hydrogen is in many ways is the perfect fuel. It can be used in combustion engines and produces only water as a by-product. But for hydrogen-powered vehicles, the gas tank is a big limiting factor. The hydrogen gas is difficult to store. Weight for weight, hydrogen is three times as energy dense as petrol. When liquefied hydrogen contains just a quarter of the energy as the same volume of petrol, and that involves high pressures, or super cooling to keep it in state. The latest prototype vehicles can travel only up to 450 kilometres (280 miles) or so on a full tank.
The hydrogen fuel is runs very dry and is causing a flaking off of metal in the engines. The flaking failure has been found in sliding / rolling contacts. The stress corrosion cracking, a dilemma found in engines that run on primarily on hydrogen fuel, is being studied by consultants to see how it might be corrected.
It is a known fact that some Alternative fuels, i.e., biofuels may cause metal stress. Ethanol stress, corrosion, cracking is being researched by the industrial industry to see how this problem can be avoided. We have so many natural resources in the USA to make the biofuels " why pay $6.00 a gallon when our own country has the means to make fuels.
When times get hard enough the American public begins to wake up and demand an improvement in the situation. Now that gasoline at the gas pump has gone up to $4.50 a gallon in 2008, America is starting to demand relief. At one time there was a very successful electrical car that the testing families loved. A movie: "who killed the electric car?" was produced to get attention to the withdrawal and crushing of the electric car.
A number of worldwide automakers are in the hunt for a method to ecologically improve automobile fuel economy while still meeting today's strict emissions requirements. Will the oil cartel allow the politicians to support the people's wishes in finding a local solution to the high oil and gasoline prices? Who really controls the research and direction of fuel saving devices?
One Green way to boost fuel economy is to add hydrogen to the fuel/air mixture in a conventional gasoline engine. It's called a hydrogen-boosted gas engine. However, since hydrogen isn't readily available at your local filling station, selling a hydrogen-boosted gas engine hasn't been on any automaker's to do list. People pressure might help.
Hydrogen is in many ways is the perfect fuel. It can be used in combustion engines and produces only water as a by-product. But for hydrogen-powered vehicles, the gas tank is a big limiting factor. The hydrogen gas is difficult to store. Weight for weight, hydrogen is three times as energy dense as petrol. When liquefied hydrogen contains just a quarter of the energy as the same volume of petrol, and that involves high pressures, or super cooling to keep it in state. The latest prototype vehicles can travel only up to 450 kilometres (280 miles) or so on a full tank.
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