With the typical hydrogen car you will either need nuclear energy or fuel burning ( oil companies love this
) to generate H2 .
The Japan "water" powered car uses some kind of metal hydride as "fuel" to trigger the hydrolysis reaction for the generation of H2. Now imagine we can also harness the power of sun ( Nanotech and Nanomaterial ) to assist in the generation of H2 .........
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Most of today's hydrogen is produced using fossil energy resources.[28] While some advocate hydrogen produced from non-fossil resources, there could be public resistance or technological barriers to the implementation of such methods. For example, the United States Department of Energy currently supports research and development aimed at producing hydrogen utilizing heat from generation IV reactors. Such nuclear power plants could be configured to cogenerate hydrogen and electricity. Hydrogen produced in this fashion would still incur the costs associated with transportation and compression or liquefaction assuming direct (molecular) hydrogen is the on-board fuel. Recently, alternative methods of creating hydrogen directly from sunlight and water through a metallic catalyst have been announced. This may eventually provide an economical, direct conversion of solar energy into hydrogen a very clean solution for hydrogen production.[29]
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