Jul 30th, 2008 | Green survey

Jack Nicholson was driving a Hydrogen and solar car back in 1978. Why is this car still not mass produced?


This is a TV report from 1978 showing Jack Nicholson trying out a hydrogen and solar powered car.




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Poll tags:Green, Green Energy, Hydrogen Car, Electric Car, Solar Car, Oil, Energy

 
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Philgtaylor
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Australia

posted Jul 30th, 2008 at 20:47 CDT

A) Jack Nicholson back then was excessively rich. He could afford an alternative power car.B) nowhere to refuel them, C) hydrogen is simply a way of storing the energy. You can say that it is the equivalent of a battery, in that electricity+water=hydroge n+oxygen. The electricity has to come from somewhere, and many places are in a chronic water shortage state anyway.D) Having all cars fueled by water may cause havoc with infrastructure, particularly tunnels. In certain weather conditions, the condensation would cause slippery conditions and mould, especially in road tunnels and the like.

Dynomoose
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Louisiana, United States

posted Jul 30th, 2008 at 15:45 CDT

Becuase there isn't anywhere to refuel them.

Drowlord
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Texas, United States

posted Jul 30th, 2008 at 14:33 CDT

I'm guessing that the same problem facing hydrogen-based vehicles today was to blame for this failure.  Where do you get hydrogen from?  Yeah, sure you can react it from water using electricity from solar cells, but If it takes a month's worth of hydrogen production to fuel a 15-minute round-trip to the grocery store, the technology won't fly.

Engreirte
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California, United States

posted Jul 30th, 2008 at 11:23 CDT

I'm hearing battery is the way to go (?)

 
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