Many are pointing to the heavy investment in batteries by traditional oil companies as a sign the internal combustion engine is dead and buried.
Perhaps the people commenting are too young to remember Sarich and his revolutionary orbital engine, and how the heavy investment in his technology by traditional automotive giants panned out!
Given the heavy investment in hydrogen powered vehicles by the like of Mercedes and Toyota, and the potential for hydrogen combustion to bridge the gap between conventional combustion and fuel cell technology, I think the proclamation is premature. Plus from an investment perspective, hydrogen combustion fits right in with existing plant workflows.
Also, I think the concept of generating your own "at home hydrogen" using solar, for on demand use by storage in a MOFs, also has huge potential to smash the battery based industry. To be competitive with the Hydrogen / MOFs technologies, in the absence of subsidies, batteries need to become an order of magnitude cheaper much longer lasting and fully recyclable.
Perhaps the people commenting are too young to remember Sarich and his revolutionary orbital engine, and how the heavy investment in his technology by traditional automotive giants panned out!
Given the heavy investment in hydrogen powered vehicles by the like of Mercedes and Toyota, and the potential for hydrogen combustion to bridge the gap between conventional combustion and fuel cell technology, I think the proclamation is premature. Plus from an investment perspective, hydrogen combustion fits right in with existing plant workflows.
Also, I think the concept of generating your own "at home hydrogen" using solar, for on demand use by storage in a MOFs, also has huge potential to smash the battery based industry. To be competitive with the Hydrogen / MOFs technologies, in the absence of subsidies, batteries need to become an order of magnitude cheaper much longer lasting and fully recyclable.
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