Originally Posted by
storckm
Does anyone have any thoughts about hydrogen fuel cells? They're expensive currently, and we don't have refueling stations, but they don't have the charging time or the environmental costs of the lithium batteries. They seem like a better solution than batteries. (Although the biggest problem is the way we've built our cities around the automobile in this country.)
Hydrogen could potentially be used in large applications. But for a bike or car, there is too much of a chance of a fire. The fire is invisible and ridiculously hot. They are trying to extract hydrogen deposits, in Europe, as we speak.