Hydrogen cars? Fahgeddabeddit!

[Gar Lipow]

On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 21:35:11 John Thornton <jthorn65 at mchsi.com> said
> 
> My understanding is that unless you can get the cost of electricity down to 
> around $0.03 per kWH from about $0.075 per kWH where it currently stands 
> hydrogen extraction isn't economically viable even factoring in an 
> environmental cost of $1.60 per gallon of gas (a cost that is externalized 
> but is in my opinion too low). It isn't economically viable that is unless 
> everyone decides the higher costs are worth the decrease in environmental 
> degradation. I and many others would be willing to pay a 25% increase fuel 
> costs to offset the pollution costs. Hydrogens price is currently higher 
> than that but most auto manufacturers believe that this range is attainable.
> 
> John Thornto

That figure around $0.03 per KWH is an interesting one. Because 
according to the American Wind Energy Association, if the larger sized 
wind farms are financed on the same terms as fossil fuel   generators, 
the cost is aound $0.028 per KWH

http://www.awea.org/faq/cost.html