H-Racer Hydrogen Powered Car

[thepeoplesamaricuh]

notice it only went in a straight line

[walter0bz]

Hydrogen is bollocks

Hydrogen is pushed by car manufacturers to try and survive the end of the oil age... they can't

The future is: [1] push-bikes [2] electric-rail [3] using telecoms & other lifestyle changes e.g. relocalization to completely eliminate car use & reduce need for transport.

Only NUCLEAR POWER can replace Hydrocarbons as an energy source.. in terms of pollution this is possibly "out of the frying pan, into the fire"

[Spazo9]

I got one of these they're pretty cool

[ghostkiller5468]

from where can we get this car

[Lonestar371973]

@nayokow dude they are new first invention arent perfect they will get better.

[CST1992]

It's not that fast but scientists will soon find a way

[nayokow]

this is the most retarded car, doesn't even look fast.... why buy this when you can get RC car with rechargeable battery???

[ZELDAFAN152]

@nayokow you obviously dont understand the point. its not about speed or looks its about teaching people about alternative energy and having a car that runs on nothing but renewable energy.

[snowball787]

psh posh 12 years and older, wait i am 12, nvm

[PygmyLepper0850]

If this were to be used in full sized cars we would still need fossil fuels. Where is the electrical energy supposed to come from?

Simply the only way to make this viable is to use the electrical power from the mains supply, solar panels are too inefficiently. That means that we will still burn fossil fuels for that energy. Unless we change our form of electrical power generation, but that's a completely different story.

[trylonperisphere]

"PygmyLepper0850" you said: "If this were to be used in full sized cars we would still need fossil fuels. Where is the electrical energy supposed to come from?"

How about solar or wind power? How about water waves? Geothermal power? All are renewble and non-polluting.

[nubxpro]

hydro electricity?

[apebomb]

pwned

[CST1992]

If we find large amounts of open land(deserts)we can use solar panels efficiently

[kiro28th]

@CST1992 but the problem is solar cells right now is not that efficient..only about 20% of its efficiency is transformed into usable energy, the other 80% is heat from the solar panels from direct contact with the solar light.

[thepeoplesamaricuh]

@kiro28th well hold up a regular car only uses 15 percent to actually move forward after you figure everything else in.

google: energy losses in a vehicle

click on the first result to see more

[PygmyLepper0850]

Ive heard somewhere that this is a simple example of how Hydrogen can be used to power tomorrows cars.

Its not difficult to see that by converting H2O into H and O2 you put energy into either molecule, then by using that hydrogen you are only getting back the energy you gave it in the first place.

By converting from electrical energy to chemical energy back to electrical energy you are loosing energy at each step. Use the form of energy that you start with and conserve energy.

[dontlookupfonduman]

the idea is that you can store it, electricity which can be produced cleanly can produce a clean fuel, whereas electric powered cars suck.

[uglbolly]

so are you saying that its easier to store water than electricity? Than what's the point of batteries?

[r4nd0mn4me]

So you would rather use mass amounts of electricity to make a combustible gas of witch you would store in your car just waiting to go off. Yet we have some of the best advancements in electric cars out in the last few years that can kick any ICE cars on the track? Do some research fonduman. Hydrogen will produce at least 75% more pollution compared to electric cars using the same power source.

[galaxyman27]

The hydrogen is not stored in a gaseous state, it is compressed into a liquid state, which does not combust. When the hydrogen is injected into the engine, it is uncompressed and turn back into a gas. The danger of hydrogen cars blowing up is simply a misconception.

[WildernessSurvivor]

MIght by this, or the fuel X7

[holycrap30]

yeaa its being energy conserving,but what about people who cant afford it or rednecks who are proud about their gas consuming trucks? PS im talking about driveable cars :)

[asphalto01]

8zman8 yes it is very cool, but keep in mind it's not rc, you can't direct it ,which makes it a bit less fun : )

[8zman8]

it's magic, isn't????? i love this thing, i am going to buy one and have hours of fun with it!

:-D

[telebob]

Uh, how much electricity was needed to make the solar panels? How much energy was used to manufacture the car? Why does it still seem inefficient by a multiple of 10 compared to

fossil fuels?

[asphalto01]

Uh, how much energy is needed to manufacture a regular car?

Thing is we are running out of fossil fuels, so we need new systems.

[cpkchrismix]

@asphalto01 youtube: toyota prius hydrogen-powered

[rasoros]

cute but pointless, give this thing a remote control and a little more fuel storage to run more than a 100 ft..

[yetzer19]

I think you're missing the point. People are excited about this because of its POTENTIAL, not because it's a top-of-the-line remote control car. So either be excited or head on over to KB Toys and go nuts.

[Skyflys159]

How come the car didnt come with a remote?

[H4X0R081]

Why are people so afraid of hydrogen? Do people think gasoline is any less explosive? If there was a hindenburg full of gasoline, it would explode too! Hydrogen is safer in a collision than gasoline because it floats into the air rather than puddle around the vehicle like a gasoline leak. Battery cars are good for commuting, but they take 10+ hours to charge completely so fuel cell vehicles are better for long-distance driving.

[mulkuth]

err question

the hydrogen is an explosive gas combied with oxegen it can be even more powerful....

why can we just put the stuff in a combustion engine and use the elletrisity prodused to make more hydrogen and oxegen and in addittion power the car along?

[gothnate]

You actually can. There has been average people doing this for almost 40 years now.

[mikza]

It's very fast...

[HAL11000]

As I patiently waited ten minutes for the fueling station to extract enough energy from the solar panel to create enough hydrogen to eventually run the car 25 feet, I couldn't help wondering why I didn't just strap the solar panel and a battery to the car and be done with it? Instead of a miracle fuel, the tank full of hydrogen is just acting as a complicated battery with plenty of built-in inefficiency and extraordinarily low capacity.