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Originally Posted by Transfer
Absolutely correct, but it's the future, while electric is not. I'm sure there is a LOT of money to be had in hydrogen fueled cars. See James May's review of the Honda FCX to learn why hydrogen is what we need.
http://www.topgear.com/uk/videos/honda-clarity |
An electric car is as environmentally friendly as the power grid that charged it. This is a negative point for electric cars today since a lot of the world's power still comes from coal and other dirty sources, but it will be easier in the future to upgrade the relatively small number of power plants to clean energy than it would to build out a global hydrogen fuel infrastructure. Once the majority of cars used for everyday transport are converted to electricity, you can change power plant technology to ever more environmentally friendly sources without having to redesign the cars. Italy announced the world's first hydrogen power plant in 2009 and batteries are only going to continue to get smaller, lighter, and have shorter charge times.
I personally don't want to drive around in a silent electric car, but they seem like a good solution for the average commuter who spends much of his life sitting in traffic anyways.