04-08-17, 08:10 AM
The big drawback,as I see it, preventing long term strategic & coherent planning re energy, health & social services,etc etc is that we "elect" a party who are in power for the short term(4-5 years) between elections.
There is no doubt that we all now face unprecedented problems re overcrowding, diminishing air "quality", increased demand/competition for finite resources and global warming. I see no signs that our present bunch of politicians have any idea what to do about the really important issues that affect all of us & more so our children & grand children.
Whatever happened to the hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicles that Honda trialled in California? These required liquid hydrogen as power source & the only exhaust was water vapour resulting from this clean burn vehicle? Could this be a way forward?
I agree that we are probably going to be the last generation to enjoy hydrocarbon burning personal transport-the age of the autonomous vehicle is almost here & the oil reserves are being consumed at ever increasing rate as the East embraces the internal combustion engine the same way we in the West did in the last century. Electricity is a wonderful energy provider but lets not forget the hidden costs/side effects of generating it. Hydrogen is the most abundant element in our universe.
There is no doubt that we all now face unprecedented problems re overcrowding, diminishing air "quality", increased demand/competition for finite resources and global warming. I see no signs that our present bunch of politicians have any idea what to do about the really important issues that affect all of us & more so our children & grand children.
Whatever happened to the hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicles that Honda trialled in California? These required liquid hydrogen as power source & the only exhaust was water vapour resulting from this clean burn vehicle? Could this be a way forward?
I agree that we are probably going to be the last generation to enjoy hydrocarbon burning personal transport-the age of the autonomous vehicle is almost here & the oil reserves are being consumed at ever increasing rate as the East embraces the internal combustion engine the same way we in the West did in the last century. Electricity is a wonderful energy provider but lets not forget the hidden costs/side effects of generating it. Hydrogen is the most abundant element in our universe.