PV and Fuel cells [RE-wrenches]

Todd Cory, Mt. Shasta Energy Services toddcory at finestplanet.com
Fri Dec 6 10:46:51 PST 2002


Impressive. I heard that Toyota was releasing production fuel cell vehicles
in Japan now. I wish there was home scale electrolyzer technology for me to
put my excess PV into hydrogen production for heating or locomotion.

Todd


Lawrence Elliott wrote:

> I just drove three fuel cell vehicles one of which was the Toyota
> Highlander that has specs of 115 mpg equivalent and %51 overall
> efficiency and can "burn rubber with four passengers and has enough room
> that occupants don't have to be intimate relatives and I could have
> satisfied my thirst with the exhaust as well as diverted the 90kw at 350
> volts to supply my neighborhood on the suitcase sized fuel cell stack
> all on two tanks of h2 that could be carried full of fuel by my
> grandmother who is on crutches.
> And that's just a pre production unit that has more room for
> improvement.
> Now try that with a lead acid anchor posing as a battery.

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