Current Electric Cars

[gordi]

Yeah, we chatted about this in a previous thread HERE

The UK and most of the EU are being forced into electric vehicles by the BANNING of new Petrol/Diesel car sales by 2040.
But the truth is that the infrastructure AND THE VEHICLES THEMSELVES are nowhere near up to the task yet.

And, as Sky pointed out above - there are hidden costs with electric vehicles... The batteries don't last forever and will need replaced every 2 or 3 years at what cost?? (Both financially and environmentally.) What about the disposal of the "used" batteries?? And how do they plan to generate all of the extra electricity involved??? Nuclear Power Stations? More Gas/Coal burning ones???

It is MADNESS in the extreme.

Why does no one mention Hydrogen power anymore?
Hydrogen is the most abundant chemical element in the universe.
It can be easily produced by passing electricity through water (electrolysis) and by other methods like extracting it from natural gas.

When you burn Hydrogen it doesn't give off any "carbon" based emissions, so no "Climate Change" gases.
It can be used in Hydrogen Fuel Cells to generate Electricity, which in turn can drive electric motors without the need for batteries. The fuel cells work by electro-chemically combining hydrogen, stored in a pressurised tank, with air to generate an electric current; the only emission is WATER vapour, which could (of course) be used to regenerate more Hydrogen!
I heard YEARS AGO that every small-time developer/maker of hydrogen fuel cells and hydrogen car prototypes was being taken over or bought up by the big car makers (to suppress the tech and allow gasoline to rule unchallenged).
There are still one or two out there, but HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF THEM??
Every article that I've ever seen about them (and that is only a handful) has been laced with mad-scientist type rhetoric... "Inventor" "dream" etc.

I'll link one of them HERE for you - to prove that I'm not making this all up!! LOL

Thoughts?
G