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Real Gas for Your Tank, from the Faucet
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June 20, 2013

Real Gas for Your Tank, from the Faucet

By Karen Veazey
TMCnet Contributing Writer

We say we’re going to fill our car up with gas, but let’s hope none of us really do. Your car won’t go anywhere on a full tank of neon, argon or even oxygen.

But in 20 or 30 years, when our kids and grandkids go to fill up at the gas station, they may actually do just that, depending on how well new hydrogen fuel technology catches on. Industrial gas manufacturer The Linde Group is stepping lightly into this new pool of green tech, contracting with Hydrogenics (News - Alert) for three HySTAT-60 hydrogen electrolyzers to be installed at a filling station in Bolzano, Italy.


It’s a smart early move for Linde, as the service station will be situated near a busy roadway, where it can supply hydrogen fuel for cars and buses being deployed as part of the Clean Hydrogen In European Cities (CHIC) project.

Hydrogen is the most common element in the universe, but doesn’t exist in great quantities in our air. Thus electrolyzers work by pulling hydrogen from water and, since 70 percent of the earth is water, it’s a sustainable fuel source for the foreseeable future. If we could just harness gas-giant planet Jupiter we’d be set.

There have been trials to run public transportation buses on hydrogen fuel dating back to 1998, but now that auto companies are moving seriously toward clean fuel technology the EU has stepped up efforts to integrate hydrogen burning transport into their bus fleets. Plans for hydrogen pumps at fuel stations bode well for increasing privately owned clean fuel cars, since lack of easily accessible fuel has been a deterrent to consumers otherwise interested in the option. We all want to take care of the environment these days but please, make it easy for us!

It’s going to be a long road to overhaul the infrastructure of auto fuel and there will be expected pushback from big oil and service station conglomerates. If the EU is able to create a functional model of successful hydrogen power provision, US public opinion may follow along to a cleaner future.




Edited by Alisen Downey


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