H-Racer: The Perfect Gift For Kids Of Any Age
by Kenny Luna, North Babylon, NY on 02.16.07
Need a birthday gift for the kid of any age who already got everything they wanted for the holidays? Well how about the H-racer; so far the smallest fuel cell car in existence anywhere in the world, and chosen as one of Time magazines best inventions of 2006. The creation of Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies, it was born out of the reality that an actual car powered by a hydrogen fuel cell is just too expensive and impractical to get past the prototype stage. However, on the small, nay tiny end it works just fine. So a toy was created instead, and by using the same technology that big-time automakers are using to develop zero-emission vehicles it’s able to be fueled entirely by hydrogen alone.
But how exactly does the H-Racer work? Well, an external fueling station extracts hydrogen gas from distilled water by electrolysis, and sends it to a small balloon inside the car that acts as a storage tank for the gas. The hydrogen is then released slowly from the balloon into the on-board fuel cell where it reacts with oxygen to generate the electricity that actually propels the car's motor. It’s so easy to use that if you just add water to the solar-powered fueling station that comes with it, in about 10 minutes time your teeny, tiny car (16cm X 7cm) will be ready to roll in a straight line for about 100 meters. The hope is that ultimately kids who have fun playing with hydrogen cars will ultimately want to drive them, and as they get older while the real cars get cheaper… Well, I’m betting you can see the trend towards a greener future for us all.
via ::AmericanInventorspot.com
How fast do you think they will learn that you can light the hydrogen on fire?
What on earth is the big deal about hydrogen??? Here's how it works.
Electricity=hydrogen+fuel cell=electricity to drive the vehicle
Electric cars have a simpler and more efficient process
Electricity+bateries= electricity to drive the vehicle
Plus, the price for hydrogen vehicles, infrastructure, and the hydrogen itself is huge. It's better to have giant windmills or solar panels that'll directly fuel our world or cars with electricity. And remember, you can't get more power out of something than you had in the first place.
thats not the point, the point is with a hydrogen car you get all the benifits of an electric vihicle exept the car charges its self as it drives and it doesn't need any massivily heavy batteries.