At Long Last...

[miffy]

I don't think the oil companies with like that invention.

Expect the manufacturing plant to burn down shortly after mass production starts.

Anyway, they forgot to add the chip and pin device for the deduction of duty each time you fill your car up.

[TimberWolf]

they reckon 60p a litre

Which is a bit of a meaningless quantity since the device will supply hydrogen as a (compressed) gas at some unspecified pressure unless its cooled -253 degrees centigrade.

I was just looking at my energy bills: 4 pence per kWh for gas and 11 pence per kWh for electricity. At first glance it looks as if the cheapest bet is to used compressed gas from the mains. The technology is already in place (apart from a compressor) and it's cheaper and there are no conversion costs.

[Diver]

It will produce enough gas for a 25 mile daily commute !!

[TimberWolf]

Here's another solution, run your car on water.

http://www.physorg.com/news98556080.html

Well aluminium actually, hydrogen is produced from water.

[TimberWolf]

I was just looking at my energy bills: 4 pence per kWh for gas and 11 pence per kWh for electricity. At first glance it looks as if the cheapest bet is to used compressed gas from the mains. The technology is already in place (apart from a compressor) and it's cheaper and there are no conversion costs.

To follow up on that. A litre of petrol contains 10kWh of energy and costs say 130 pence at the petrol station, so that's 13 pence per kWh. Mains natural gas costs 4 pence per kWh, or less than half the cost of petrol. Do you think I should tell Gordon to forget about electric / hydrogen powered cars and to switch to natural gas powered cars instead? We could pump hydrogen instead when natural gas runs out. Maybe plan B should be to sell natural gas compressors before Gordon catches on?