Re: Iceland: All Transport to be Electric or Hydrogen

["David Roden (Akron OH USA)" <roden@ald.net>]

On 27 Aug 2002 at 8:43, VanDerWal, Peter MSgt wrote:

> If you can make hydrogen cheap enough, who cares if some of it leaks out?
> Ditto for the efficiency, if you can get abundant electricity virtually free.

Whoa there, Peter!  I'm really surprised that you would say this.  It sounds 
like US energy policy from 1950, and reminds me of the nuclear energy that 
was supposed to be "too cheap to meter" but wasn't.  Energy is a precious 
commodity, and there's never any justification for wasting it, no matter 
where it comes from.

I agree that Iceland would be well served to develop more traditional 
battery EVs.  Certainly they are a more viable short-term and mid-term 
solution than fuel cells or hydrogen ICEs.  Maybe fuel cells will be an 
answer somewhere down the road (no pun intended).

One other very effective way to use all this generating capacity would be 
with electric passenger trains like Europe's. Now ~that~ gets you excellent 
energy efficiency in terms of energy per passenger mile.   I've never been 
to Iceland; do they have trains already?  Do their geography and population 
density make trains practical?


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