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Originally Posted by oil pan 4
The fuel cell alone still costs more than most cars don't they?
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Compare and contrast; other efforts to replace a century-old technology, the CRT, met with some success ~ in time:
"In 1997, Philips introduced a 42-inch (107 cm) display, with 852x480 resolution. It was the only plasma to be displayed to the retail public in 4 Sears locations in the US. The price was US$14,999 and included in-home installation."
...This thread was never supposed to indicate that we can expect 'fuel-cell car' sales to take off tomorrow; there's still quite a way to go before they begin to catch on.
What it is saying (or was having a go at predicting) is that, as one of the techs that may eventually replace the IC engine, the FC-engined cars a couple of decades from now will be far more likely to use a 'fuel tank' holding methanol than one containing [adsorbed] hydrogen.