M.A. Stewart wrote:
> Jeff (kidsdoc2000@hotmail.com) writes:
>> Justbob30 wrote:
>>> So, what is your source of this information? per Honda, it gets closer
>>> to the equivalent of 60 MPG with a range of 270 miles, are you sure your
>>> decimal point is not in the wrong place?
>>>
>>> http://automobiles.honda.com/fcx-cla...ll/comparison/
>>> http://automobiles.honda.com/fcx-cla...ked-questions/
>> I don't see where either say the vehicle gets 60 MPG. Rather, one graph
>> says it has 60% efficiency, which means 60% of the energy in the
>> hydrogen is converted to motion compared to about 20% in a gasoline engine.
>>
>> In the NY Times article
>> (http://automobiles.honda.com/images/...s/NY_TIMES.pdf) it
>> does say that it gets the equivalent of 68 MPG, meaning that it goes 69
>> miles on amount of energy as there is in a gallon of gasoline.
>>
>>> "M.A. Stewart" <cf005@FreeNet.Carleton.CA> wrote in message
>>> news:fsgv03$3in$1@theodyn.ncf.ca...
>>>> Yikes... the Honda FCX Clarity (H2 fuel cell) gets 5.97 MPG (U.S. gallon)
>>>> on liquid H2 (or is it H?).
>>>>
>>>> What does a U.S. gallon of hydrogen cost?
>>>>
>>>>
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> I got the information from a Canadian magazine called 'Driven'.
> It's a glossy, overpriced, psuedo car magazine. The Mar. 2008
> edition on page 69 states a 171 litre fuel tank with a 435 kilometre
> range. That works out to 5.97 MPG (U.S.).
>
> 171 L = 45.178 U.S. Gal
>
> 435 Km = 269.7 miles
>
> Did the mag mess up?
>
> What's a gallon of H2 cost?

Hydrogen is a gas, not a liquid, unless it is real cold. A volume to
volume comparison is meaningless, because if you double the pressure of
the hydrogen gas, you double the amount of hydrogen in gas the hydrogen
tank.

I don't know how much hydrogen costs.

Jeff

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