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Hydrogen cars + math. Worth the trouble?

I'm starting to think that the "hydrogen advocate" Greg Blencoe (always an AutoblogGreen fave) might be working against the hydrogen industry. In a new post on his Hydrogen Car Revolution blog, he responds to five energy efficiency arguments against hydrogen fuel cell cars. The problem? His rebuttals are not convincing (sorry, Greg). One of his points is a real head scratcher: "Regarding renewable energy, there is far more high-quality wind and solar power available than could ever be used. Therefore, why is it so important to use this ... Read more →

Two years in, hydrogen fuel cell bet causing some strangeness Sebastian Blanco

It's difficult to pick the strangest part of Greg Blencoe's post today about his ongoing bet with Joe Romm over the viability of hydrogen cars. It could be the hubris, the feeling of unquestioned ...

Hydrogen advocate steps off the ABG comment platform Sebastian Blanco

Regular AutoblogGreen readers will surely recognize the name Greg Blencoe. The organizing force behind Hydrogen Car Revolution often comments in posts relating to hydrogen and/or plug-in vehicles and ...

Priming the comment pump: Hydrogen advocate calls out pro-plug-in ABG readers [w/POLL] Sebastian Blanco

Regular AutoblogGreen readers will probably be familiar with the name Greg Blencoe. He's known around here as a big proponent of hydrogen vehicles, and apparently believes that everyone else ...

What's "a dead end from a technological, practical, and climate perspective"? Hydrogen fuel cell cars Sebastian Blanco

Joe Romm has long battled with vocal hydrogen vehicle proponent Gerg Blencoe on the value of H2 vehicles. They've made bets, given suggestions, and just plain disagreed about everything when it ...

REPORT: 115 Plug-in Priuses fail to crack 50 mpg average in year-long test 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

When Consumer Reports tested out the Hymotion L5 plug-in Toyota Prius conversion earlier this year, they weren't overwhelmed with the results. Sure, the mileage they observed was boosted to about 67 mpg over the first 35 miles of the drive, but that didn't match the claims of 100 mpg (or more) that ...

Challenge to Chu: drive an electric and a hydrogen car for a month, see what happens 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Here's a challenge that it would be nice for all of us to try. Hydrogen vehicle advocate Greg Blencoe is still smarting from the DOE funding cut for hydrogen vehicle research dollars. He wants President Obama to know these 25 things about H2 cars, and has now thought of a way for Energy ...

Hydrogen advocate responds to DOE funding cut 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

AutoblogGreen reader responses to the huge cut in DOE hydrogen vehicle spending was mixed, but mostly in favor of shifting limited federal money away from H2 and into batteries and cars with plugs. Strong hydrogen vehicle advocate Greg Blencoe is keeping up the fight, though, and has written a ...

Pro-hydrogen blog collects Toyota and Honda executives criticizing plug-in cars 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Forecasting flaps for Tesla, Nissan and Chevy. Highlighting the limited range batteries offer. Wondering how well they would perform under less-than-ideal conditions. Explaining the cost of replacing li-ion batteries.There's a lot of electric vehicle and plug-in criticism going on on Greg Blencoe's ...

Greg Blencoe and Dr. James G. Blencoe work on hydrogen problems 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Greg Blencoe, CEO of Hydrogen Discoveries, asks us to "do the right thing" in his message urging us to begin our transition into the hydrogen economy now. He believes that the transition from fossil-fuels to hydrogen will cost $100 trillion, and can be done by the year 2020. We all know that it ...

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