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Old 03-22-2013, 02:20 PM   #32 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Air-Hybrid View Post
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.
The methanol-to-hydrogen converter is also not cheap, but considering the high energy expense to stock pure hydrogen with safety it would still eventually remain as a middle-to-long term viable alternative
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