Comments on: BMW: Hydrogen cars 30 years away http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away.html Car news, reviews, and specs for the auto-industry Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Matt Keegan http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away.html#comment-293545 Matt Keegan Wed, 17 Jan 2007 18:18:36 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2007/01/12/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away/#comment-293545 Funny! We all thought that BMW was going to be the first one to the market. I guess they realized that small, nuclear explosions were not something easily ironed out: http://thearticlewriter.com/autowriter/bmws-hydrogen-fuel-quest/ Funny! We all thought that BMW was going to be the first one to the market. I guess they realized that small, nuclear explosions were not something easily ironed out:

http://thearticlewriter.com/autowriter/bmws-hydrogen-fuel-quest/

]]> By: stick2clutch http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away.html#comment-293012 stick2clutch Sun, 14 Jan 2007 08:16:12 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2007/01/12/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away/#comment-293012 30 years? is that how much time the oil tycoons bought for themselves?? nice. 30 years? is that how much time the oil tycoons bought for themselves?? nice.

]]> By: Hyperion http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away.html#comment-292996 Hyperion Sun, 14 Jan 2007 04:06:36 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2007/01/12/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away/#comment-292996 No, they'd start to drive like they were in India: all driving relatively underpowered cars all trying to overtake one another to stay at speed. No, they’d start to drive like they were in India: all driving relatively underpowered cars all trying to overtake one another to stay at speed.

]]> By: Syrax http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away.html#comment-292977 Syrax Sat, 13 Jan 2007 22:46:18 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2007/01/12/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away/#comment-292977 A4, i second that! A4, i second that!

]]> By: A4 http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away.html#comment-292959 A4 Sat, 13 Jan 2007 20:41:30 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2007/01/12/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away/#comment-292959 yeah maybe people would stop driving like assholes if they all had the pintos of the 21st century. yeah maybe people would stop driving like assholes if they all had the pintos of the 21st century.

]]> By: Syrax http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away.html#comment-292941 Syrax Sat, 13 Jan 2007 17:24:39 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2007/01/12/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away/#comment-292941 look bb_454...THIS is the only post that GMRules is not...what can he say about pontiac's hydrogen technology? look bb_454…THIS is the only post that GMRules is not…what can he say about pontiac’s hydrogen technology?

]]> By: mujician http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away.html#comment-292926 mujician Sat, 13 Jan 2007 14:10:10 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2007/01/12/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away/#comment-292926 The solar power and electric wouldn't work either, and you notice that no company is tapping in, because their is no type of fuel their that can be produced and create a market. THeir for all of these auto companies cannot turn around and make investments along with the rest of us. Another market is going to need to be created. I think the answer to the question, what is going to be the solution. Will probably be a fuel that is still not even tapped into. Something that will all of a sudden pop up will blow everyone away, and the person or company will instantly become the richest in the world. Dam, Ive got to stop reading science fiction novels! The solar power and electric wouldn’t work either, and you notice that no company is tapping in, because their is no type of fuel their that can be produced and create a market. THeir for all of these auto companies cannot turn around and make investments along with the rest of us. Another market is going to need to be created.
I think the answer to the question, what is going to be the solution. Will probably be a fuel that is still not even tapped into. Something that will all of a sudden pop up will blow everyone away, and the person or company will instantly become the richest in the world.
Dam, Ive got to stop reading science fiction novels!

]]> By: Sharif http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away.html#comment-292911 Sharif Sat, 13 Jan 2007 05:28:49 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2007/01/12/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away/#comment-292911 hydrogen will never work, i think we are all going to end up with electrical, or solar powered cars. i think this cuz it would be cheaper than to create a new infrastructure. Besides the Telsa roadster is doing pretty good. And the electric motor is close to resolving most of our problems. hydrogen will never work, i think we are all going to end up with electrical, or solar powered cars. i think this cuz it would be cheaper than to create a new infrastructure. Besides the Telsa roadster is doing pretty good. And the electric motor is close to resolving most of our problems.

]]> By: Hyperion http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away.html#comment-292877 Hyperion Sat, 13 Jan 2007 03:07:16 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2007/01/12/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away/#comment-292877 "what i've always wanted to see is a system that takes over the car on freeways/highways so any driving at high speeds would be automated and (hopefully) safe enough to avoid cars crashing." Zorlox, please don't give stupid people with power creative ideas by suggesting something like this. Answers to questions no one has asked get put into effect all the time. I do not mean this as a personal put down at all. It's just a dangerous solution to suggest because once you set up a system like this that takes control away from the driver, you will never get that control back. We need much better driver training and stricter enforcement of the *other* driving laws that people disregard, such as the "drive right" rule, using signals, leaving enough distance, etc. Not everyone is a good enough driver to have their own license, young or adult. The solution is to weed out dangerous and careless drivers, not impose an expensive and complicated system that takes away the very pleasure of driving a car during a commute. Then there's another solution that millions of people all over the world have used for 170 years when wishing to travel long distances between cities: trains. “what i’ve always wanted to see is a system that takes over the car on freeways/highways so any driving at high speeds would be automated and (hopefully) safe enough to avoid cars crashing.”

Zorlox, please don’t give stupid people with power creative ideas by suggesting something like this. Answers to questions no one has asked get put into effect all the time. I do not mean this as a personal put down at all. It’s just a dangerous solution to suggest because once you set up a system like this that takes control away from the driver, you will never get that control back.

We need much better driver training and stricter enforcement of the *other* driving laws that people disregard, such as the “drive right” rule, using signals, leaving enough distance, etc. Not everyone is a good enough driver to have their own license, young or adult.

The solution is to weed out dangerous and careless drivers, not impose an expensive and complicated system that takes away the very pleasure of driving a car during a commute.

Then there’s another solution that millions of people all over the world have used for 170 years when wishing to travel long distances between cities: trains.

]]> By: LJ http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away.html#comment-292874 LJ Sat, 13 Jan 2007 02:51:39 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2007/01/12/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away/#comment-292874 If the govt and oil companies wanted to, the infrastructure could be done in 5-10 years. hey, it "only" took what, 8 years to send a man to the moon? And, if it is 30 years, it'll be too late for me, as i will be either dead, or unable ot drive myself any more. If the govt and oil companies wanted to, the infrastructure could be done in 5-10 years. hey, it “only” took what, 8 years to send a man to the moon?
And, if it is 30 years, it’ll be too late for me, as i will be either dead, or unable ot drive myself any more.

]]> By: Zorlox http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away.html#comment-292863 Zorlox Sat, 13 Jan 2007 02:06:47 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2007/01/12/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away/#comment-292863 megator - aluminum and hydrochloric acid react to make hydrogen gas, i'm pretty sure leaving hydrogen peroxide in sunlight will do the same. a more promising method can use any alcohol and react it with air, using heat and rhodium as catalysts. what does it mean, 'it would still take 20 to 30 years to get distribution channels in place across the world' - distribution channels for hydrogen or for the cars? megator – aluminum and hydrochloric acid react to make hydrogen gas, i’m pretty sure leaving hydrogen peroxide in sunlight will do the same. a more promising method can use any alcohol and react it with air, using heat and rhodium as catalysts.
what does it mean, ‘it would still take 20 to 30 years to get distribution channels in place across the world’ – distribution channels for hydrogen or for the cars?

]]> By: rey323 http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away.html#comment-292827 rey323 Fri, 12 Jan 2007 23:51:41 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2007/01/12/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away/#comment-292827 My interpretation from that remark is that it won't take BMW to make a hydrogren car in 30 years, but rather it would take 20 to 30 years to have enough hydrogen refueling stations to make that technology viable. My interpretation from that remark is that it won’t take BMW to make a hydrogren car in 30 years, but rather it would take 20 to 30 years to have enough hydrogen refueling stations to make that technology viable.

]]> By: megator http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away.html#comment-292825 megator Fri, 12 Jan 2007 23:48:09 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2007/01/12/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away/#comment-292825 okay ppl hydrogen is not a fuel. Find me some place where you can get pure hydrogen by mineing or some other simple process. hyrdrogen is a storer of energy thats it. it has to be refined from natural gas or electolisised by electricity. hydrogen is only cleaner when it is produced using energy harnesed from wind,solar,geothermal or non contaminating biomass power. so maybe bmw is saying that this wont me achieved till 30 years so bmw can spend all the money theyve got on trying to achieve this but thyll just go broke. we gotta get the oil companies which make billions to start backing this up. they aint gonna do that till the climate changes horibly and its too late or till oil starts running out. okay ppl hydrogen is not a fuel. Find me some place where you can get pure hydrogen by mineing or some other simple process. hyrdrogen is a storer of energy thats it. it has to be refined from natural gas or electolisised by electricity. hydrogen is only cleaner when it is produced using energy harnesed from wind,solar,geothermal or non contaminating biomass power. so maybe bmw is saying that this wont me achieved till 30 years

so bmw can spend all the money theyve got on trying to achieve this but thyll just go broke. we gotta get the oil companies which make billions to start backing this up. they aint gonna do that till the climate changes horibly and its too late or till oil starts running out.

]]> By: Zorlox http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away.html#comment-292824 Zorlox Fri, 12 Jan 2007 23:42:50 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2007/01/12/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away/#comment-292824 then don't crash? city streets here are all 30 or 35 mph anyway, what i've always wanted to see is a system that takes over the car on freeways/highways so any driving at high speeds would be automated and (hopefully) safe enough to avoid cars crashing. that doesn't seem like it'd be too hard to do over the next 30 years then don’t crash? city streets here are all 30 or 35 mph anyway, what i’ve always wanted to see is a system that takes over the car on freeways/highways so any driving at high speeds would be automated and (hopefully) safe enough to avoid cars crashing. that doesn’t seem like it’d be too hard to do over the next 30 years

]]> By: Kendall Richardson http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away.html#comment-292817 Kendall Richardson Fri, 12 Jan 2007 23:17:29 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2007/01/12/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away/#comment-292817 ----->I THINK its an alternative, but i seriously BELEIVE that hydrogen is really not the answer. if all our cars ran off of hydrogen, we would be killin off the "human environment" almost every time a car crashes......... —–>I THINK its an alternative, but i seriously BELEIVE that hydrogen is really not the answer. if all our cars ran off of hydrogen, we would be killin off the “human environment” almost every time a car crashes………

]]> By: mujician http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away.html#comment-292811 mujician Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:57:04 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2007/01/12/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away/#comment-292811 Go figure, everyone is to busy making money off the depleting oil reserves. Go figure, everyone is to busy making money off the depleting oil reserves.

]]> By: GT40 http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away.html#comment-292804 GT40 Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:41:20 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2007/01/12/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away/#comment-292804 30 years?! lame. 30 years?! lame.

]]> By: Andre Neves http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away.html#comment-292799 Andre Neves Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:31:13 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2007/01/12/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away/#comment-292799 mujician, No, all it takes is for a environmental cotastrophe to happen unexpectedly and THEN they will do something. While at the same time blaming the environmentalists for not warning them soon enough lol. mujician,

No, all it takes is for a environmental cotastrophe to happen unexpectedly and THEN they will do something. While at the same time blaming the environmentalists for not warning them soon enough lol.

]]> By: Oldsmobile http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away.html#comment-292796 Oldsmobile Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:25:04 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2007/01/12/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away/#comment-292796 THE SKY IS FALLING!!!!!!1!!!!! THE SKY IS FALLING!!!!!!1!!!!!

]]> By: mujician http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away.html#comment-292794 mujician Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:22:34 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2007/01/12/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away/#comment-292794 It can be done sooner than that, all it takes is a strong government to commit to making it a reality. It can be done sooner than that, all it takes is a strong government to commit to making it a reality.

]]> By: peter g http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away.html#comment-292791 peter g Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:19:22 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2007/01/12/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away/#comment-292791 Let's hope hydrogen is the answer. Let’s hope hydrogen is the answer.

]]> By: Andre Neves http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away.html#comment-292789 Andre Neves Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:12:12 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2007/01/12/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away/#comment-292789 30 years is not acceptable. That is just about enough time to destroy our environment even more than it already is. 30 years is not acceptable. That is just about enough time to destroy our environment even more than it already is.

]]> By: F451 http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away.html#comment-292788 F451 Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:10:35 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2007/01/12/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away/#comment-292788 I'll be dead. I’ll be dead.

]]> By: ironpony42 http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away.html#comment-292787 ironpony42 Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:07:34 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2007/01/12/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away/#comment-292787 Yep - Collisions over 35mph just leave a crater... Yep – Collisions over 35mph just leave a crater…

]]> By: Kendall Richardson http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away.html#comment-292786 Kendall Richardson Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:02:48 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2007/01/12/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away/#comment-292786 ------->do they still have that danger of blowin up on impact? ——->do they still have that danger of blowin up on impact?

]]> By: Madcapp http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away.html#comment-292785 Madcapp Fri, 12 Jan 2007 21:58:51 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2007/01/12/bmw-hydrogen-cars-30-years-away/#comment-292785 Can't wait. Really. Can’t wait. Really.

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