Comments on: House of Representatives approves $10M hydrogen prize

By: JohnnyBlazE

JohnnyBlazE — Sun, 21 May 2006 16:52:09 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzJZJjo9MNA&search=water%20as%20fuel

By: Tristan

Tristan — Fri, 19 May 2006 23:21:58 +0000

Hellll Yeah!

Hydrogen Powah!

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 19 May 2006 16:25:02 +0000

Well technically they did, just not for automotives. The Xprize happened last year was for the aviation industry to send a rocket to and from space twice. It’s a similar deal. It’s absolutely an amazing thing and it is great that it is coming out. This really should help the industry.

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 19 May 2006 05:26:35 +0000

amen captain america amen

By: Captain America

Captain America — Fri, 19 May 2006 01:00:00 +0000

they should have started this 30 years ago.

By: Asher

Asher — Thu, 18 May 2006 22:09:01 +0000

Note to 4: No matter what each company is going to have to figure it out on their own. Car companies don’t share technology. If they did as soon as Toyota got rear wheel hybrids engins all the other car companies would have them, and that is not the case. Same with 90% of the technological advances in car designs. All that this money does is make a company have more reason to be number one, and may speed things up a bit.

That being said $20 is nothing for a large car company. I could see a smaller lab doing this type of research and selling it to a major car company. The way large companies do research is throw money at an issue and try everything (think Microsoft and their internet ad spending) where a smaller lab will actually do more thinking so they don’t bankrupt themselves.

By: BAMF

BAMF — Thu, 18 May 2006 21:49:55 +0000

Why don’t they assemble a group of the best and brightest, and just fund their research? I’d hate to see companies going bankrupt because they poured lots of money into research, but lost all that money because they didn’t get there first.

By: Thing2

Thing2 — Thu, 18 May 2006 21:32:18 +0000

i thought Mazda and Ford came out with concepts that ran on Hydrogen. I thought the real problem was convenient and easy fueling.

By: BloodWyn

BloodWyn — Thu, 18 May 2006 20:51:44 +0000

Well this is all good and stuff, but the real and only important question remains. Will a H engine produce enough toruqe to satisfy me?

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 18 May 2006 20:07:07 +0000

Does anyone know the story of the Longitude Prize? Because this feels like a similar headache.

Jon.