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		<title>By: afratta437</title>
		<link>http://www.cargearusa.com/blog/what-ever-happened-to-hydrogen-powered-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-7554</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 11:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>people came back to reality. they realized they suck.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>people came back to reality. they realized they suck.</p>
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		<title>By: naderladuke2000detroit</title>
		<link>http://www.cargearusa.com/blog/what-ever-happened-to-hydrogen-powered-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-7553</link>
		<dc:creator>naderladuke2000detroit</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We're still waiting for the first Texas wildcatter to successfully drill a hydrogen well.  Until that happens, it's probably best not to start mass-producing cars which require a fuel that doesn't exist.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We&#8217;re still waiting for the first Texas wildcatter to successfully drill a hydrogen well.  Until that happens, it&#8217;s probably best not to start mass-producing cars which require a fuel that doesn&#8217;t exist.</p>
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		<title>By: chris g</title>
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		<dc:creator>chris g</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Instead of waiting for industry to do this, just build your own hydrogen electrolyzer, usually called an HHO  or Brown Gas generator.

install it in your car and go for it. 

For More info, watch the JohnAarons hydrogen videos (#83, especially ) on YouTube, 


Where you'll gain some efficiencies in all this process is if you can run the generator off batteries instead of your alternator, and charge the batteries with PV solar power.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Instead of waiting for industry to do this, just build your own hydrogen electrolyzer, usually called an HHO  or Brown Gas generator.</p>
<p>install it in your car and go for it. </p>
<p>For More info, watch the JohnAarons hydrogen videos (#83, especially ) on YouTube, </p>
<p>Where you&#8217;ll gain some efficiencies in all this process is if you can run the generator off batteries instead of your alternator, and charge the batteries with PV solar power.</p>
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		<title>By: hypnobunny</title>
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		<dc:creator>hypnobunny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 11:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The are not cost effective at this time.  Without having most of electricity gennerated by alternative energy, theer really is no point.

There is no abundant natural source of hydrogen fuel, It has to be made from natural gas, or by electrolysis using electricity.

So for the most part, we use hydrogen like a battery, for energy storage.  

Half of the electricty in the United States is generated by coal.  So, like an electric car, it would be mostly powered by fossil fuels at this time.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The are not cost effective at this time.  Without having most of electricity gennerated by alternative energy, theer really is no point.</p>
<p>There is no abundant natural source of hydrogen fuel, It has to be made from natural gas, or by electrolysis using electricity.</p>
<p>So for the most part, we use hydrogen like a battery, for energy storage.  </p>
<p>Half of the electricty in the United States is generated by coal.  So, like an electric car, it would be mostly powered by fossil fuels at this time.</p>
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		<title>By: www.AGUA-LUNA.com (Consultant)</title>
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		<dc:creator>www.AGUA-LUNA.com (Consultant)</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Honda , last year, released their first Hydrogen car (FCX Clarity).


"The FCX Clarity is a next-generation, zero-emissions, hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicle based on the entirely-new Honda V Flow fuel cell platform, and powered by the highly compact, efficient and powerful Honda V Flow fuel cell stack."


It definitely has potential for "future car technology". In fact Honda just gave the first Individual Customer from Las Angeles a 2 year lease on the FCX. 


I built my first hydrogen cell about 5 years ago and now currently run 2 trucks, my home hot water heater, home stove and home generator on hydrogen and offer a step by step DIY guide to walk anyone interested threw the process. You can find it at www agua-luna com or you can email me.

Let me start off by saying Hydrogen is a great option for the concept of free energy.     I built my first hydrogen cell about 5 years ago. Have converted over 50 vehicles in the last 10 years (hydrogen and EV) and now currently run 2 trucks (and another EV), my home hot water heater, home stove and home generator on hydrogen for free with caught rain water and the help of a $10 solar panel.  I offer a step by step DIY guide to walk anyone interested threw the process. You can find it at www agua-luna com or you can email me.

There are basically 3 safe ways to make and use it... chemically, electrically and molecularly, the first 2 being easier so I'll only discuss them here. The fallowing steps were taking directly out of a DIY guide I offer to those who would like to run their vehicles or home on hydrogen safely. The entire guide is available at www agua-luna com


    On demand h2 generators are a bit different from the Hollywood versions like seen Chain Reaction with Keanu Reeves, that tend to explode violently every time a film is being made. However when used in an on-demand system there is no storage of hydrogen and oxygen in its gas form, only liquid (water) and is only transformed into gas “on-demand” in small cylinder size amounts. It’s actually safer then gasoline as it doesn’t evaporate, creating explosive fumes in the tank like gas. the following were actually taken out of my $5 guide available at www agua-luna com

    Chemically

    1. You’ll need a 6inch x 1ft schedule 40 pvc pipe. With pvc cement glue a cap on the bottom and use a screw on cap for the top. Drill a small hole (1/4inch or so) in the side close to the top, screwing in a small copper shut off valve. Place a few feet of stranded (food grade is good) flex hose to the valve and into the air intake of your engine (carburetor or fuel injections).
    2. Now crunch up a couple aluminum cans (beer cans, soda cans etc) and drop them into the pvc pipe, along with a couple cups of lye (Red Devil drain opener has lye in it, some Clorox and Drano’s do to).
    3. Then simply add water, screw on the top and wait a few minutes.

    What happens in simplicity is that aluminum and lye don’t really get along so they battle, and as always the innocent civilians (water H2O) that the most casualties, by giving up its hydrogen and oxygen. This then builds up in the void of the pipe and is ready to be vented into your engine, by opening the valve. You may need to start your engine on gas then switch it off after the hydrogen starts burning.

    Electrical is a bit easier then Chemically.

    1. Simply take a small solar panel 1.5 amps is what I use ($9 at harborfreight.com), connect the 2 wires from the panel +- to 2 conductors (carbon cores of batteries work well, just be careful removing it from the jacket), but any conductive material will work ie. Copper, aluminum, steel, etc.
    2. Drop the wires into a water tank (I use 55gal drums), make sure they don’t touch each other.
    3. Drill a small hole (1/4inch or so) in the side close to the top, screwing in a small copper shut off valve. Place a few feet of stranded (food grade is good) flex hose to the valve and into the air intake of your engine (carburetor or fuel injections).
    4. Then simply add water, screw on the top cap and wait.
    After a few hours tiny bubbles will form and rise off one conductor (that’s hydrogen) and even smaller bubbles that just looks like foam will rise off the other (oxygen). I don’t remember which likes the positive and which likes the neg hydrogen or the oxygen.

    The third method is more complicated and is what I use for my vehicles. It’s just a modified Joe’s Cell, there’s a step by step DIY guide available to walk you threw the process here www agua-luna com
It also covers the other 2 methods described in more detail.


www agua-luna com


Hope this helped, feel free to contact me personally if you have any questions if you’d l</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Honda , last year, released their first Hydrogen car (FCX Clarity).</p>
<p>&#8220;The FCX Clarity is a next-generation, zero-emissions, hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicle based on the entirely-new Honda V Flow fuel cell platform, and powered by the highly compact, efficient and powerful Honda V Flow fuel cell stack.&#8221;</p>
<p>It definitely has potential for &#8220;future car technology&#8221;. In fact Honda just gave the first Individual Customer from Las Angeles a 2 year lease on the FCX. </p>
<p>I built my first hydrogen cell about 5 years ago and now currently run 2 trucks, my home hot water heater, home stove and home generator on hydrogen and offer a step by step DIY guide to walk anyone interested threw the process. You can find it at www agua-luna com or you can email me.</p>
<p>Let me start off by saying Hydrogen is a great option for the concept of free energy.     I built my first hydrogen cell about 5 years ago. Have converted over 50 vehicles in the last 10 years (hydrogen and EV) and now currently run 2 trucks (and another EV), my home hot water heater, home stove and home generator on hydrogen for free with caught rain water and the help of a $10 solar panel.  I offer a step by step DIY guide to walk anyone interested threw the process. You can find it at www agua-luna com or you can email me.</p>
<p>There are basically 3 safe ways to make and use it&#8230; chemically, electrically and molecularly, the first 2 being easier so I&#8217;ll only discuss them here. The fallowing steps were taking directly out of a DIY guide I offer to those who would like to run their vehicles or home on hydrogen safely. The entire guide is available at www agua-luna com</p>
<p>    On demand h2 generators are a bit different from the Hollywood versions like seen Chain Reaction with Keanu Reeves, that tend to explode violently every time a film is being made. However when used in an on-demand system there is no storage of hydrogen and oxygen in its gas form, only liquid (water) and is only transformed into gas “on-demand” in small cylinder size amounts. It’s actually safer then gasoline as it doesn’t evaporate, creating explosive fumes in the tank like gas. the following were actually taken out of my $5 guide available at www agua-luna com</p>
<p>    Chemically</p>
<p>    1. You’ll need a 6inch x 1ft schedule 40 pvc pipe. With pvc cement glue a cap on the bottom and use a screw on cap for the top. Drill a small hole (1/4inch or so) in the side close to the top, screwing in a small copper shut off valve. Place a few feet of stranded (food grade is good) flex hose to the valve and into the air intake of your engine (carburetor or fuel injections).<br />
    2. Now crunch up a couple aluminum cans (beer cans, soda cans etc) and drop them into the pvc pipe, along with a couple cups of lye (Red Devil drain opener has lye in it, some Clorox and Drano’s do to).<br />
    3. Then simply add water, screw on the top and wait a few minutes.</p>
<p>    What happens in simplicity is that aluminum and lye don’t really get along so they battle, and as always the innocent civilians (water H2O) that the most casualties, by giving up its hydrogen and oxygen. This then builds up in the void of the pipe and is ready to be vented into your engine, by opening the valve. You may need to start your engine on gas then switch it off after the hydrogen starts burning.</p>
<p>    Electrical is a bit easier then Chemically.</p>
<p>    1. Simply take a small solar panel 1.5 amps is what I use ($9 at harborfreight.com), connect the 2 wires from the panel +- to 2 conductors (carbon cores of batteries work well, just be careful removing it from the jacket), but any conductive material will work ie. Copper, aluminum, steel, etc.<br />
    2. Drop the wires into a water tank (I use 55gal drums), make sure they don’t touch each other.<br />
    3. Drill a small hole (1/4inch or so) in the side close to the top, screwing in a small copper shut off valve. Place a few feet of stranded (food grade is good) flex hose to the valve and into the air intake of your engine (carburetor or fuel injections).<br />
    4. Then simply add water, screw on the top cap and wait.<br />
    After a few hours tiny bubbles will form and rise off one conductor (that’s hydrogen) and even smaller bubbles that just looks like foam will rise off the other (oxygen). I don’t remember which likes the positive and which likes the neg hydrogen or the oxygen.</p>
<p>    The third method is more complicated and is what I use for my vehicles. It’s just a modified Joe’s Cell, there’s a step by step DIY guide available to walk you threw the process here www agua-luna com<br />
It also covers the other 2 methods described in more detail.</p>
<p>www agua-luna com</p>
<p>Hope this helped, feel free to contact me personally if you have any questions if you’d l</p>
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		<title>By: Nata T</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nata T</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>hydrogen is not a fuel.  there is not one molecule of H2 gas on earth that is not man made.  The process to make H2 is inefficient and not worth the effort.

There will never be a H2 car.  The Honda is fueled by burning natural gas, so in reality, the Honda is a natural gas car with a H2 tank and a fuel cell.  It pollutes just as bad as any car except that pollution comes out a stack at your house and not the cars tail pipe.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hydrogen is not a fuel.  there is not one molecule of H2 gas on earth that is not man made.  The process to make H2 is inefficient and not worth the effort.</p>
<p>There will never be a H2 car.  The Honda is fueled by burning natural gas, so in reality, the Honda is a natural gas car with a H2 tank and a fuel cell.  It pollutes just as bad as any car except that pollution comes out a stack at your house and not the cars tail pipe.</p>
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		<title>By: richard b</title>
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		<dc:creator>richard b</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>the focus right now is on hybrids, but honda does have a hydrogen powered car on the market. but understand that there are only a total of 6000 alternative fuel refueling stations in the US right now, and of those only a small percentage have hydrogen fuel. i think hydrogen powered cars will be a part of the future transportation scene, but likely not in very large numbers. they will be a niche market car, meaning that there will be enough to make it economically viable to have refueling stations around the country that handle hydrogen, but you wont see large fleets of hydrogen powered cars.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>the focus right now is on hybrids, but honda does have a hydrogen powered car on the market. but understand that there are only a total of 6000 alternative fuel refueling stations in the US right now, and of those only a small percentage have hydrogen fuel. i think hydrogen powered cars will be a part of the future transportation scene, but likely not in very large numbers. they will be a niche market car, meaning that there will be enough to make it economically viable to have refueling stations around the country that handle hydrogen, but you wont see large fleets of hydrogen powered cars.</p>
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		<title>By: If you got it, flaunt it :)</title>
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		<dc:creator>If you got it, flaunt it :)</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>they died and went to heaven 
;l</description>
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;l</p>
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		<title>By: BeWaterWise Rep</title>
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		<dc:creator>BeWaterWise Rep</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hydrogen-powered cars do not pollute the environment and help against global warming to some extent. We need to make sure we consider all means to help work against global warming and spread awareness on the environment. Visit to see how much our fresh water reserve levels have dropped since 2006.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hydrogen-powered cars do not pollute the environment and help against global warming to some extent. We need to make sure we consider all means to help work against global warming and spread awareness on the environment. Visit to see how much our fresh water reserve levels have dropped since 2006.</p>
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		<title>By: Bry</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bry</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It seemed that manufacturers concentrate more on hybrids these days.Yes, a year ago, I've read about a hydrogen powered Chevrolet Equinox.It was just a prototype and there seem to be no plans in doing it.As for Honda, they're been renting out some FCX Claritys for around $600 a month.And yes, BMW made a hydrogen powered car but its just a prototype.Mercedes is also making out a hydrogen powered vehicle.The possible reason why hydrogen cars are not yet planned to be made is probably because hybrids passes the 30mpg limit as well as small diesel engines.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It seemed that manufacturers concentrate more on hybrids these days.Yes, a year ago, I&#8217;ve read about a hydrogen powered Chevrolet Equinox.It was just a prototype and there seem to be no plans in doing it.As for Honda, they&#8217;re been renting out some FCX Claritys for around $600 a month.And yes, BMW made a hydrogen powered car but its just a prototype.Mercedes is also making out a hydrogen powered vehicle.The possible reason why hydrogen cars are not yet planned to be made is probably because hybrids passes the 30mpg limit as well as small diesel engines.</p>
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