May 18, 2007
Those cunning Swiss
Damn them! They've developed a semi-workable prototype hydrogen car and fueling system. I say semi because it's still got some kinks... like the fact that car hasn't been tested in the rain (a biggie) and that the refueling electrolyzer is the size of a garage (massive problem). Still, these innovative mountain dwellers have developed a bottom up system from scratch that works in the real world, not some DoE fantasy land. And they didn't need billions from the government to do it, GM.
I'm still not sold on the hydrogen thing, mostly because I think by the time you get PV systems efficient enough to make electrolyzing cost competitive, you could just use them to juice batteries combined with a good capacitor system. However, those batteries are a quantum leap in materials science away. This could be developed in 5-10 years.
And here I was thinking they just made great watches and decent chocolate.
Posted by mcblogger at May 18, 2007 09:22 AM
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