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Originally Posted by accella4.4
Why in the heck don't we create private-sector tax incentives to establish hydogen fueling networks across the nation along with zero sales, income, and payroll tax for any US-based and US majority-owned company that designs, manufactures or sub-contracts to an entity which produces a viable hydrogen fueled internal combustion engine?
Additionally, establish 2 for 1 CAFE standard credits for every hydrogen powered vehicle on the road. Create tax credits for investors who buy stock in hydrogen power companies, etc.
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There are hydrogen powered vehicles, but that isn't the problem. There is no hydrogen distribution network, but that isn't the problem. The problem is that hydrogen is being touted as a fuel. As long as it takes energy to produce hydrogen, hydrogen shouldn't be considered a fuel, but rather a way of storing energy.
It is analogous to electric vehicles. Until we have clean cheap electricity (compared to today's sources) electric vehicles in most cities aren't clean, they are just causing the air to be dirty over the power station instead of where they are being driven. And, the efficiency losses through the distribution channel from the power station to the vehicle battery mean that we are setting ourselves back, not helping, on the energy conservation front.
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