Re: Forklift battery info

On Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:16:14 -0500, Jeff Wisnia
<jwisnia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Richard J Kinch wrote:

Roger Shoaf writes:


Hydrogen might be a great fuel, ...


Yes, as a hydrocarbon, not as the element.

I may not be around to see it, but I'd put my money on solar energy
becoming our saving grace as solar cell efficiency gets improved and
manufacturing costs lowered. The electricity they generated could be
used to make hydrogen if needed.

Jeff
But the efficiency of converting solar electricity to hydrogen needs
to be significantly higher than the efficiency of charging batteries
for this to become reality.

I'm still expecting a breakthrough in battery or ultracapacitor
technology to make straight electrical vehicle power feasible - which
would allow solar energy to really come into its own.

At this point, ALL the technology to make a commercially acceptable
electric car is not only available, but proven and mature, EXCEPT for
the battery.
As for hydrogen technology, which type are we proposing? Hydrogen
combustion (heat engine) or hydrogen/electric (fuel cell)?
Hydrogen as an engine fuel has many hurdles to become a commercially
acceptable solution. Hydrogen fuel cell technology is closer, but
still has hurdles.




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