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  • Romm perpetuates hydrogen myths

    Note: To learn the truth about hydrogen, read "The Hype Against Hydrogen: Setting the Record Straight on Six Hydrogen Myths Perpetuated by Joseph Romm" which can be found at:

    http://hydrogendiscoveries.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/the-h ...

    The title of this blog post is "Dream of hydrogen car goes down in flames."  And yet, in the first paragraph, Romm mentions that Chrysler and Ford bought Ballard's automotive fuel cell business!  Are you kidding me?  Why would two major car companies buy Ballard if they didn't believe in fuel cells?

    A Wired blog post (see link below) took the same story and the title of their post was "Daimler, Ford Place Huge Bet on Hydrogen."

    http://blog.wired.com/cars/2007/11/daimler-ford-la.html

    Here are a couple of quotes from the post:

    "With the newly founded company, we strengthen our leading position in the field of fuel cell technology and go full steam ahead in our preparations for the series production of fuel cell cars," Dr. Herbert Kohler, Daimler's vice president of advanced vehicle and powertrain engineering said.

    "It sends a very clear message that there's a viable case to be made for fuel cell vehicles," Ron Cogan, editor and publisher of Green Car Journal, told us. "You wouldn't make an investment of this size unless you thought there was a market for the vehicles."

    In addition to Ford and Chrysler, let's take a look at some of the recent fuel cell activity from other car companies.

    Honda

    November 15, 2007 - Honda releases the FCX Clarity hydrogen fuel cell car at the Los Angeles auto show.  Next year, Honda will lease the FCX to up to 100 drivers in Southern California.

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21796636/

    Here is a commercial for the Honda FCX hydrogen fuel cell car that is now playing on TV:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU2w8xwVNmY

    GM

    November 14, 2007 - GM announced that they want to be the first automaker to produce one million fuel cell powered vehicles.

    From the article below:

    "Larry Burns, GM's vice president of research and development, said in May that the company aimed to have fuel cell-powered vehicles, which run on hydrogen and emit only water vapor, in showrooms around 2011 or 2012, and to ramp up production to about a million vehicles a year worldwide after 2012."

    http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSSHA9988820071114 ...

    November 6, 2007 - Beginning in January 2008, GM is launching Project Driveway which is a program where 100 people in New York, Washington D.C. (maybe Romm can be one of the drivers since he lives there!), and Los Angeles will test drive the Chevrolet Equinox which is a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle.  Consumers will drive the cars for up to three months each before another person gets to test the car.  The process will continue for thirty months.

    http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=3825437&pag ...

    Toyota

    September 28, 2007 - Toyota announced that the range for their FCHV hydrogen fuel cell vehicle is now 480 miles (with 10,000 psi hydrogen).

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21030098/

    November 14, 2007 - Toyota announced at the Los Angeles auto show that the FCHV recently made a 2300 trek on the Alaska-Canadian (ALCAN) highway (harsh conditions) in seven days and had no problems.

    http://www.autobloggreen.com/2007/11/14/la-2007-toyota-fu ...

    The hydrogen critics like Joe Romm are losing credibility by the day.  Reality and the facts are ruining their arguments.  And yet, they are still in denial.  Baghdad Bob must be really proud of them.

    Greg Blencoe
    Chief Executive Officer
    Hydrogen Discoveries, Inc.
    www.hydrogendiscoveries.com
    On Full-cell company bought by Daimler and Ford posted 2 years ago 55 Responses