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Mikuni delevops a low cost hydrogen sensor to detect leakage
Hydrogen and hydrogen fuel cells have opponents and proponents on this site, and many times they are rather vocal. Which is a good thing, I think, because they both raise points and facts that the other side may not have considered. One thing is for sure, though. Hydrogen is a hot topic, and developments are taking place in the hydrogen arena. Like it or not, hydrogen is coming. Opponents of hydrogen as an energy carrier often site safety as a problem. Obviously, hydrogen is flammable. Even if a vehicle is powered by a fuel cell and never burns the hydrogen, if it were to escape it could cause an explosion of at least be a fire hazard. So Mikuni, a maker of automotive fuel products, has developed a hydrogen sensor to monitor the storage of hydrogen for leaks. Step by step, little by little, hydrogen vehicles will come, and products like these will lower their costs. I personally think that electric vehicles will be more popular and common, but we'll see.
[Source: Mikuni via Fuel Cell Works]
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Howard Lee Harkness 2:19PM (3/24/2007)
"Step by step, little by little, hydrogen vehicles will come"
Hydrogen is, and will remain, the fuel for people who have more money than sense, or who can freely spend other people's money on Politically Correct nonsense. Those of us who have to spend our own money will opt for an alternative that is safer, more economical, and actually green.
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Chris M 6:54PM (3/24/2007)
Lots of companies are spending billions in government grants to solve the myriad problems of H2 fuel. Storage, efficiency, reliability and safety issues abound.
The most daunting obstacle to the "hydrogen hiway"
is getting everyone else to ignore all the alternatives that are just as clean as H2, more efficient than H2, and much cheaper than H2.
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