Thank God! But where do I tank?

Interesting. Only if mazda’s design had passion… bleh

Interesting… but as already stated where would you fill up? A while ago there was an article that the government should help the US automakers more. I don’t think they should do that, but what I’m getting at is the government should help install hydrogen fuel ups in key locations like fairly large cities to start out with when the first few hydrogen cars come out. If there is no place to fuel up there will be no consumers of hydrogen cars, because of course they can’t use them.
It would be a good idea for a company like Mazda to produce a hydrogen car. It’s sort of ridiculous to start out with a huge SUV, but more practical to start out with a smaller car that wouldn’t need as many fill ups (since there aren’t as many places to get hydrogen, and it’s probably going to be a few greenies who will buy this and I’m sure they wouldn’t be buy a big SUV even if it is hydrogen).
This is a GREAT idea, as long as they keep the hydrogen under control and make it safe, and they put fueling stations in major and less major cities. But as of now with no places to fuel up, this will be a terrible idea

When an article starts with, “If the necessary infrastructure was in place,” I lose all interest. That’s like saying, “in a perfect situation.” I’d like to think every car company could do hydrogen cars if everything was in place. Anyways, I stopped reading the article after the first line.

watch how fast and easy hydrogen burning takes to impliment. the only reason for delay is the huge oil industry fighting to keep the largest profit ever known as long as possible. who would’nt?

There are technical problems related to the storage of hydrogen and therefore the distribution of hydrogen all leading to the “if the necessary infrastructure was in place” issue.

That’s the same as saying hoverboads are just around the corner, as soon as we figure out how to make them work.

Yea the infrastructure is the key…and that might be very hard to establish. Also, I’m concerned about the crash test results of one of these cars…..what is there is fire? Anyone remember the hydrogen blimp?

ed’s right. oil industry is taking advantage of something with no available substitutes. I’m glad to see Mazda and Norway taking the initiative here; that’s a big long-haul adjustment they’re undertaking, and it’ll take a lot of time and investing before it pays off.

Mazda has the balls to make hydrogen power a reality. They deserve our undying support for that.

Ah infrastructure, we can’t even enough get E85 pumps in place. Did you know it cost a station owner $300,000 to add one? I’m assuming EPA (alias gustope) regs adds a major portion.

Good reading “The Hype About Hydrogen” (don’t let the fool you it’s has to do with all fuels and energy sources) By Josph J. Romm . I recently bought a paperback copy after reading the original 2003 edition from the library, copyright 2005. Read the Afterword chapter that’s been added. I hope Mr.Romm keeps the updates coming because of wide range of sources, sort of like covering all the bases and finding new that need covered.
We need to address the electric production in our counrty first before we can have E-hybrids.
A Hydrogen tanker fuel truck the size as we all seen would only fill 60 vehicles. Besides 60% of hyrdrogen production comes from natural gas.
I found this very revealing having all these studys that’s be done and what needs to be, just shows how complicated especially trying to control CO2 emissions.

Paul
N8BUU

please, be factual. any internal combustion engine can be converted to run on hydrogen, plenty have. best of all, your supply will be from water useing electric power from solar panels on your house. but first we have to overcome a battle with the “status quo” that reaches more than imagination, bush himself millions made,and making. don’t look for help there. mazda will need more than time, but it will happen, good bussiness sense, to be there from the start.

all fossile fules (crude oil) are hydro-carbons (hydrogen/good carbon/bad) of course hydrogen has zero carbon.
as for hindenberg, most of us will have 1930s huge cloth tanks. not v. funny

a good step forward

Once, the details are worked out, the easy way to create the needed infrastructure is to offer cars running on more than one fuel.

Mazda hydrogen production cars could be five years away

If the necessary infrastructure was in place, Mazda could begin mass production of its hydrogen combustion engine in five to ten years, project manager Akihiro Kashiwagi said during a press event in Norway today. Kashiwagi said Mazda was now working on…