Surely the way forward is to burn hydrogen directly in the combustion chamber rather than convert it in a fuel cell to electricity. Burning hydrogen makes water which is where the hydrogen came from in the first place. BMW made /converted one of their top of the range vehicles to run on hydrogen, a 6 litre jobby. One is being run by or researched by Brum university. The main problem, other than the price £500000, is no hydrogen supplies available. BMW did some work on the inlet timings and variable valve timings to ensure the engine, which is essentially no different from the petrol engine already produced, runs on direct injection hydrogen. They have of course patented their work. I was dismayed to read that the vehicle would only do 150miles on a tank of hydrogen until i saw that it would only do 175miles on a tank of petrol. The price reflects its a research vehicle. Mass production would bring the price down to that of a normal car. Why can't we convert to hydrogen? The oil companies wouldn't like it. Tax would be harder to collect if you've got diy hydrogen production in peoples back yard, just like people running diesels on chippy grease. And of course the government doesn't have the will to force a distribution network to be made, nothing in it for them i expect!
Is Hydrogen The Way Forward ???
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