The Bush Administration is at Fault and this is Why We Do Not Have Hydrogen Cars Now!
By: Lance Winslow
Many environmentalists and staunch liberals blame the Bush Administration for the fact that we are not all driving hydrogen cars yet. But actually these people have it all wrong, in fact the president’s hydrogen cell initiative allotted $1.2 billion towards hydrogen cell research for cars, trucks and homes.
In fact the cost to produce a hydrogen cell is now half of what it was before these research and development dollars were allotted and one could say the reason is the Bush Administration. So, most people who believe that it is the Bush administration’s fault that we do not have hydrogen so cars yet are exactly ass-backwards.
There are still some details to work out on hydrogen cells and we probably will not see them used by a large percentage of the American population until at least 2020. However, the long-term approach is making inroads and the distribution systems will be set up as more and more hydrogen fuel cell vehicles exist.
To that off In fact UPS is considering putting them at their terminals where trucks and ride between terminals and so on hydrogen. This will give UPS the edge over their competition and help them lower their prices and make higher profits. As UPS does this other trucking companies will have to follow if they wish to stay competitive and that means that the distribution system will be being built by the free market, as the hydrogen cell cars become available.
What will hydrogen cost the average consumer who drives their vehicle? Some estimates say about a $1.60 to drive about 25 miles. By today’s standards with oil barrel prices of protein $80 and gasoline during the summer months at 4 dollars per gallon; hydrogen cells are looking pretty good.
There are other technological hurdles to get passed well. To carry enough hydrogen for a good range on your car, the hydrogen must be compressed into storage they would need to be able to hold up to 6500 PSI or it would have to be frozen. Compressed liquefied hydrogen for automobiles would need a very strong fuel tank and probably needs carbon nano-tube construction, which is not yet commercially viable. Consider this in 2006.
Lance Winslow