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Re:Angela Merkel’s record on environmental policy has been a... by dvfjsdhgfv on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @05:41AM (#15291994)
> Electric ground transportation is the future.

It's a relatively less evil, for now. We still haven't found a good way of dealing with old batteries and it's a huge environmental problem.

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Re:Angela Merkel’s record on environmental policy has been a... by javra on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @07:32AM (#15292560)
There's also ground transportation by tram, no batteries needed.
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Re:Angela Merkel’s record on environmental policy has been a... by guitarbill on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @05:47AM (#15292014)
Do hydrogen fuel cells have major issues, other than the chicken-and-egg problem of hydrogen refueling stations?
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Re:Angela Merkel’s record on environmental policy has been a... by _ph_ on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @08:47AM (#15293106)
Hydrogen fuel cells use about 3x the electric energy vs. battery powered cars, if you create hydrogen via hydrolysis. It is not only the energy used for creating the hydrogen, but also the compression and transport of the hydrogen is using a lot of energy.
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Re:Angela Merkel’s record on environmental policy has been a... by anubisresources on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @09:11AM (#15293319)
Hydrogen is a non-starter. Many leakage, cost of energy, risky transport issues to overcome.
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Re:Angela Merkel’s record on environmental policy has been a... by speedplane on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @05:51AM (#15292037)
Expensive materials (platinum) and difficulty making them small enough for a car.
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Re:Angela Merkel’s record on environmental policy has been a... by czechdeveloper on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @08:08AM (#15292775)
Is hydrogen low stability and easy leakage not an issue anymore?
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Re:Angela Merkel’s record on environmental policy has been a... by speedplane on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @05:14AM (#15399177)
From what I understand, it's handled by well placed fuel tanks, where even if they blow, no on inside the vehicle gets hurt.
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Re:Angela Merkel’s record on environmental policy has been a... by namlem on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @04:11PM (#15297767)
Old cells get reused for stationary storage until they degrade even further, at which point they can be recycled.
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Re:Angela Merkel’s record on environmental policy has been a... by gozur88 on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @01:36PM (#15296304)
Can't we recycle old batteries? The starter battery in my IC car is recycled.
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