Submitted on October 9th, 2008 by Unregistered user (not verified)
Not wishing to put a negative comment on this article, however is it fair to say the boat is zero emission when there is no statement of where the electricity or hydrogen running the fuel cell is obtained from? Most sources of hydrogen involve reforming of natural gas, hence producing CO2, and unless this hydrogen is produced from an electrolyser running on renewable electricity sources or bio-hydrogen this just moves the emission production further up the chain. Similarly, electricity for charging the batteries would need to come from renewable sources (or nuclear) to truly make this a zero emission form of transport.
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Not really a zero-emission boat?
Submitted on October 9th, 2008 by Unregistered user (not verified)Not wishing to put a negative comment on this article, however is it fair to say the boat is zero emission when there is no statement of where the electricity or hydrogen running the fuel cell is obtained from? Most sources of hydrogen involve reforming of natural gas, hence producing CO2, and unless this hydrogen is produced from an electrolyser running on renewable electricity sources or bio-hydrogen this just moves the emission production further up the chain. Similarly, electricity for charging the batteries would need to come from renewable sources (or nuclear) to truly make this a zero emission form of transport.