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Where is the flux capacitor?

love the battery mounting bracket....pillion seat and duct tape.

don't forget the hindenburg cloth covers

Is this your creation Chad? Hydrogen is so cool as a fuel!

Sincerely stated, cool bike and cool technology.

but...

My opinion, as shared by numerous others in the energy transport business is that the only way Hydrogen is going to gain much more than prototype and hobbyist status is if the feds get into the trucking business. The private sector / transportation industry cannot extend the required capital to get the ball rolling. The double wall cryogenic Hydrogen transport trailers cost around a quarter of a million dollars each, as compared to 50 or $60K for a gasoline tanker. DOT required minimum liability insurance coverage for Hydrogen transport is 5 million as compared to one million for gas. I don't mean to thread crap, just saying that Hydrogen distribution on a national scale is currently impossible to do. The concept of hydrogen production at numerous locations to overcome the transport problem doesn't seem viable either. Let's not forget that people b-tch about windmills - imagine their reaction to a Hydrogen plant in the back yard. To say "Let's put up 3 or 4 Hydrogen plants in each state." I don't think so.

Another case in point of how we can't get things done anymore - no one ( and I do mean no one) including numerous companies with very deep pockets, has increased petroleum refinery capacity for the past xx years*. Why? In short, The EPA . It's not some far flung conspiracy by the oil patch guys. There are plenty of players who could afford to build refinery capacity, but... no one does.

*Valero may be considered an exception to this in the abstract sense, but they have not exceeded the original refinery footprints in any of their acquisitions.

Bucky for President!
I, for one, am tired of being told how things can't be done,
and how much it cost for a study to prove it. Not wanting
to violate the AUP, I won't go on. But It's not a political,
or religious issue, but a common sense one.
Uncle Charlie

Sad but true Bucky.

And as of yet, hydrogen production uses more energy than it produces. Overcome this hurdle and your talking.