It's Elemental My Dear
August 21, 2008
Below is a message from Heather (a.k.a Thrasher). She is our maven of the Web, hops inspection and lion taming. Check out what she did this last weekend. I hope to attend the west-side version of this car show after it makes it’s way to Cali. Anyway, cool stuff, and it’s awesome to think that you could have a cup of tea from the emissions of a car!Our Hydrogen Future-
On Sunday, August 10th, I hit up a local park, Fort Williams in Cape Elizabeth, Maine with a friend of mine to check out a sweet car show that was beginning a national tour that would end in California.
This wasn’t your normal Sunday afternoon vintage car show- we’re talking brand new innovative hydrogen cars! BMW, Mercedes, VW, Hyundai and others all had models and representatives to talk about the cars and explain how they work for our environment and us.
The great part about hydrogen-fueled cars is they provide three useful things: heat, electricity, and water with no toxic byproduct! Water vapor is the only substance released from the vehicles. As I listened to one of the presenters explain the process in which hydrogen and oxygen combine and create the energy to power a fuel cell for a full size car. I was amazed to also find out these cars are actually safer in situations that involve fire! Due to the placement of the fuel cells you are in less danger of a fire in the middle of your vehicle as you are with a gas-powered car. Just when you think there aren’t any better reasons for investing in a hydrogen car, imagine getting an average of 120 mpg!
Although we may still be close to 15 years from mainstream use of hydrogen vehicles, it’s definitely on our horizon. To learn more about hydrogen vehicles and how they work, please visit www.daimler.com.
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