Mazda to RG- Hydrogen is coming !!!
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Mazda to RG- Hydrogen is coming !!!
I like poking at Fred everytime a new Hydrogen step is taken
This Time Mazda and Norway have gotten together to furthur advance Norways HYNor Hydrogen Highway. When they innaugurated the new effort 2 years ago Mazda was on hand in Norway with the First HRX-8 to run outside of Japan. It filled up at the newest Hydrogen filling station in Norway-
http://www.hydrogencarsnow.com/blog/...rogen-car.html
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...12#post1460100
there is a video of it ill find later
Now Hynor has placed an order for 30 Hydrogen 8s!!
http://www.fullboost.com.au/news.php?newsId=1638
People say "there's no infrastructure for H" etc. Well Norway is building it in their country and with the help of Mazda and the Rotary they will have cars to drive on their Hydrogen Highway
This Time Mazda and Norway have gotten together to furthur advance Norways HYNor Hydrogen Highway. When they innaugurated the new effort 2 years ago Mazda was on hand in Norway with the First HRX-8 to run outside of Japan. It filled up at the newest Hydrogen filling station in Norway-
http://www.hydrogencarsnow.com/blog/...rogen-car.html
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...12#post1460100
there is a video of it ill find later
Now Hynor has placed an order for 30 Hydrogen 8s!!
http://www.fullboost.com.au/news.php?newsId=1638
People say "there's no infrastructure for H" etc. Well Norway is building it in their country and with the help of Mazda and the Rotary they will have cars to drive on their Hydrogen Highway
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oh here is the vid from last year http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZUv9...elated&search=
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https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...80#post1704983
from this thread
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...80#post1704983
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the pollution index of a gmc 1500 5.3L truck is the same as a mazda 3
read some before you open your mouth
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Any time frame as to how long before those 30 Hydrogen 8's show up?
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Good mileage? Um, no. Given hydrogen inherent lower engergy density and the rotary engines thirsty nature this thing will get horrible mileage. With a whopping range of 60 miles you'd have to refuel 5 times just to make it down the full length of this 350 mile hydrogen highway. But who cares, hydrogen's free, right?
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There's a niche market for anything.
Norway is actually one of the only countries in the world, where they produce hydrogen with electrolysis and excess hydro-power. (I don't know of any other regions in the world where they have similar luxuries).
Norway is actually one of the only countries in the world, where they produce hydrogen with electrolysis and excess hydro-power. (I don't know of any other regions in the world where they have similar luxuries).
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oh here is the vid from last year http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZUv9...elated&search=
from this thread
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...80#post1704983
from this thread
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...80#post1704983
Awesome, from a thread I started a while back... here's a second follow up video of the Hydrogen RX-8... with some in-car shots and sound (hard to tell if it's running on gas or hydro)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBcZsGsWsMA
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I don't care what sub zero scandanavian country it's going to. It's still a crap fuel! You CAN NOT change that!!! Quit trying to make **** poor excuses for justifying crap. It burns too fast to be useful. Propane would be a much better choice if you want to use a gas. If Mazda builds an engine that runs on dog **** and crack and then places the infrastructure in service to allow it, but it makes a fraction of the power that gas does, would you use it too?
Hydrogen is terribly inefficient. You can't make anywhere near the power of other fuels with it and it takes far more of it to go the same distance. All while being weaker. It's a pain in the butt to store too. If the only thing it's got going in it's favor is emissions, that's not close to enough. That's not worth it. Car emissions are not heating up the planet anyways.
Back to hugging your tree...
Hydrogen is terribly inefficient. You can't make anywhere near the power of other fuels with it and it takes far more of it to go the same distance. All while being weaker. It's a pain in the butt to store too. If the only thing it's got going in it's favor is emissions, that's not close to enough. That's not worth it. Car emissions are not heating up the planet anyways.
Back to hugging your tree...
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You guys may find this funny but I have actually pondered converting my RX-7 to propane for a while now. It would lose a small amount of power (but not nearly as much as hydrogen!). It doesn't mean I'll do it but I've researched it. Why? Just because I haven't done it yet. That's reason enough I guess.
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Hydrogen as a car fuel is certainly doable, its just got really terrible energy content compared to gas or diesel fuel, which means that it will have less power and require more fuel volume to get you the same distance.
If we could generate hydrogen for free, such as with a fusion reactor, hydroden would make alot of sense, but until that point, hydrogen is mazda's E85. It makes you feel green and fuzy, but does nothing practical to help the environment or reduce our dependence on foreign oil.
If we could generate hydrogen for free, such as with a fusion reactor, hydroden would make alot of sense, but until that point, hydrogen is mazda's E85. It makes you feel green and fuzy, but does nothing practical to help the environment or reduce our dependence on foreign oil.
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They don't want you to do that either. Radiation danger not to mention the potential for a weapon. You can't win at this game. No matter what you do, it's not a good solution. The only viable option is for all of us to die.
There are 2 types of people, those who pollute and those who don't. I have yet to find the latter anywhere. No, carbon credits don't offset a thing! That's just financial justification for polluting!
There are 2 types of people, those who pollute and those who don't. I have yet to find the latter anywhere. No, carbon credits don't offset a thing! That's just financial justification for polluting!
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If we could generate hydrogen for free, such as with a fusion reactor, hydroden would make alot of sense, but until that point, hydrogen is mazda's E85. It makes you feel green and fuzy, but does nothing practical to help the environment or reduce our dependence on foreign oil.
wrong- if i was using one of hondas "reformer's on a wall" http://www.motortrend.com/features/a...10_tokyo_tech/
i could be filling up my hydrogen rx-8 or Mazda5 at my house while heating the water for said house or even heating the house and with the help of a fuel cell even making electricity for said house without using any foreign petroleum whatsoever- just the NG already plumbed to my house