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Originally Posted by Vendzilla
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I am hopeful this gets going. You know folks are going to fight it and try to create things that will run the cost of it up. But it will bring competition. Especially if the show they are making money at it.
But it will bring the cost of the fuel cell down so I might afford to use one to power my solar powered house. And make hydrogen with my existing solar array.
It's just a more efficient method to store the hydrogen without loss like batteries and no hassles from the power co trying to use grid tie inverters.
Been trying to 'cut the wire' for 25 years.
Costs me $16 monthly just to be connected to the grid. More if you want grid-tie/net-metering. Plus a bunch or other costly requirements and they want to charge me a delivery cost of what I pump back into the grid !
They are going to steal their way to no customers. But only if we have alternatives.
As I said in a earlier post in this thread, fuel cell powered electrics will be the norm in 8 years, but most here in the US will be powered by methane fuel cells. It's just cheaper all the way around, for now anyhow. There are already networks of CNG fuel stations.
BMW and GM has a program as well, but I have not herd much about them lately.
That will probably change soon enough. But it is smart to let others help build-out the fuel distribution systems and arrive at market after that has been established.
I can imagine California and NY being the first to have them in the US anyway.
Honda has this NOW
https://automobiles.honda.com/clarity-fuel-cell