Hydrogen based fuel in about three years?
Image by Getty Images via @daylifeArtificial petrol that costs 19p per litre could be on forecourts in as little as three years.The largest greenhouse gas concentration is water vapor. So hydrogen fueled vehicles would be adding to that concentration. Carbon dioxide is not even close to the level of water vapor in the atmosphere. You can also be sure that the governments will levy taxes at a rate that will make the fuels competitive.
British scientists are refining the recipe for a hydrogen-based fuel that will run in existing cars and engines at the fraction of the cost of conventional petrol.
With hydrogen at its heart rather than carbon, it will not produce any harmful emissions when burnt, making it better for the environment, as well as easier on the wallet.
The first road tests are due next year and, if all goes well, the cut-price ‘petrol’ could be on sale in three to five years.
Professor Stephen Bennington, the project’s lead scientist, said: ‘In some senses, hydrogen is the perfect fuel. It has three times more energy than petrol per unit of weight, and when it burns, it produces nothing but water.
‘Our new hydrogen storage materials offer real potential for running cars, planes and other vehicles that currently use hydrocarbons.’
The fuel is expected to cost around $1.50 a gallon, or 19p a litre. Even with fuel taxes, the forecourt price is likely to be around 60p a litre – less than half the current cost.
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I hope his system works and that we can all pump hydrogen fuel in our autos at a fraction of the current cost of gasoline, but you can count on the environmentalist finding something wrong with this new fuel too.
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