tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936223.post3854346200525256199..comments2023-09-10T01:11:02.710-07:00Comments on Random ramblings: Lithium-Ion motorcyclesnIlagrIvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04778523144960984421noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936223.post-78088072643408959632007-08-04T03:16:00.000-07:002007-08-04T03:16:00.000-07:00Yes, fuel cells producing water.Wonder if our pere...Yes, fuel cells producing water.<BR/><BR/>Wonder if our perennial water problem will also be solved.<BR/><BR/>Or with proliferation of such cells, like the gasoline vehicles of today, will there be floods because of excessive water production?<BR/><BR/>You are absolutely right about there being no free lunches anywhere.<BR/><BR/>Everything comes at a cost and as you said we just have to weigh the cost against the benefits.<BR/><BR/>But then, going by our past record, we would only highlight the short-term benefits ignoring the long-term costs.<BR/><BR/>Your posts do rub the dust off my rusting grey cells... Thanks -- aramAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936223.post-70557924698390862082007-08-01T23:08:00.000-07:002007-08-01T23:08:00.000-07:00Fuel cells producing water as a by-product? What I...Fuel cells producing water as a by-product? <BR/><BR/>What I think is that there is nothing like a free lunch. So, whatever technology we have, there will definitely be some minuses to it. Of course, for anything to be successful, the positives have to outweigh the perceived negatives.<BR/><BR/>We just have to be cautious. And things will still happen.nIlagrIvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04778523144960984421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936223.post-11187896933493406012007-07-25T06:59:00.000-07:002007-07-25T06:59:00.000-07:00"However, I don't know what it means to throw-away..."However, I don't know what it means to throw-away these batteries once used. What will be the impact of that?"<BR/><BR/>Very good question.<BR/><BR/>In the initial years of gasoline usage, nobody knew their pollution potential.<BR/><BR/>Similarly, we do not know what might be the hazards of throwing away the highly flammable li-ion batts in a scenario where all the vehicles in a city will be battery driven and not gasoline based.<BR/><BR/>The city garbage dump, full of these discarded batteries, might become an extremely dangerous place.<BR/><BR/>Fuel Cell Vehicles appear to be the future if and when that happens in the next decade.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com