The world just gets better and better

[Tommy Tainant]

Germany has unveiled a zero-emissions train that only emits water

I defy anybody to find a negative in this story.

 

[miketx]

Germany has unveiled a zero-emissions train that only emits water

I defy anybody to find a negative in this story.

That's great. Maybe it can emit enough water to drown all the muzzrats in Germany.

But seriously, what pray tell is the mater with you? You claim zero emissions in one statement and then in the next, you say it emissions water. LOL!

 

[Compost]

Where are they getting the hydrogen? Nuclear reactor?

 

[IanC]

Vancouver had quite a few buses powered by Ballard hydrogen fuel cell systems a decade ago. When the subsidies were cut they were mothballed as too expensive to run.

And then there is the issue of where the hydrogen comes from. Or how to store and transport it.

The OP is a feel good story that leaves out all those pesky details and glosses over others. 500 mile range per day? What problems are hidden in that innocuous statement?

 

[saveliberty]

Hydrogen explodes...

 

[Compost]

Hydrogen explodes...

Oh the humanity.

 

[saveliberty]

Hydrogen explodes...

Oh the humanity.

I mention it because the train uses lithium batteries too....

They naming the first train Samsung 7?

 

[Compost]

Hydrogen explodes...

Oh the humanity.

I mention it because the train uses lithium batteries too....

They naming the first train Samsung 7?

And the second, Hindenburg.

 

[saveliberty]

That sucker will burn up the tracks.

 

[Compost]

Hydrogen explodes...

Oh the humanity.

I mention it because the train uses lithium batteries too....

They naming the first train Samsung 7?

You phoned that in.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Where are they getting the hydrogen? Nuclear reactor?

Germany gets world’s largest green hydrogen system - 100% renewable - Renewables International

 

[Compost]

Where are they getting the hydrogen? Nuclear reactor?

Germany gets world’s largest green hydrogen system - 100% renewable - Renewables International

Thanks for the link. Interesting. Clearly, more research is needed to determine if this is a viable way to harvest hydrogen. Calling something 100% renewable sounds lovely but if it is too expensive to produce, it remains a pipe dream.

 

[saveliberty]

How are they going to dispose of the old lithium batteries?

 

[Crick]

I would hope they'd get recycled. We recycle lead acid batteries.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

How are they going to dispose of the old lithium batteries?

They would be kept in a lithium battery storage facility. Its not complicated.

 

[Crick]

Fairly serious fire hazard.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Fairly serious fire hazard.

We can stick it in Africa somewhere. Problem solved.

 

[IsaacNewton]

Germany has unveiled a zero-emissions train that only emits water

I defy anybody to find a negative in this story.

Great news!

Don't worry, the miserables will find something to whine about.

 

[elektra]

But, the Tesla factory in Neveda needs all the lithium in the World? Sounds like the governments of the World are colluding to drive up the price of commodities which profits Wall Street, Banks, and World financial institutes.

 

[Crick]

The governments of the world do not all possess lithium. Very few of them do. The US has a substantial supply.