Re:Toyota believes hydrogen fuel cells are the future
by mikestew on Sunday December 15, 2019 @02:55PM
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It occurs to me that because I’ve operated farm equipment, maybe one should ignore my poo-pooing. Seriously, sure, I can tell you eight ways to Sunday this won’t work, and some smarty-pants can show me how I’m wrong. But right now I’m just stuck in a mode of “that’s more hassle than filling it with diesel and being done with it”. I might be right, but that’s not where innovation comes from, so I’ll be quiet.
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Re:Toyota believes hydrogen fuel cells are the future
by api on Sunday December 15, 2019 @03:05PM
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It probably is more of a hassle but it would also be cheaper and lower emission. Of course I dont know if fuel is a significant cost to farmers.
There may be ways to make it less of a hassle by automating it somehow. I'm thinking of some standard hook on/off system. It's a tough problem though.
Maybe batteries will just keep getting better and lighter and cheaper and we can just go that way.
Re:Toyota believes hydrogen fuel cells are the future
by ethbro on Sunday December 15, 2019 @04:57PM
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You're suggesting a large capital investment, with dubious utility, in a leveraged, low margin business with little access to technologically aggressive capital funding.
Furthermore, it's predicated on the supplier developing and marketing a class of equipment for which little demand currently exists.
Against that, the price of diesel seems relatively small.