Hydrogen Cars

Hydrogen Automobiles The effect of pollution that is emitted from vehicles is a serious concern in today 's society. The cause of this pollution is the toxic emissions from current vehicles. This toxic emissions or pollution destroys the Earth 's ozone layer or atmospheric gases Acknowledging these facts, many are very concerned with the condition of the Earth 's atmospheric gases in the future. In just a very short time, scientists produced a new vehicle which only emits water out of its exhaust rather than carbon monoxide and other toxic pollutants in modern day internal combustion engines. The Hydrogen automobiles do not require gasoline or ethanol to function, but all they require in Hydrogen. As the name entails, Hydrogen automobiles use Hydrogen as its main source of power. Without the need of gasoline, America and many other countries would no longer be dependent upon the middle east to provide for our oil needs. Hydrogen automobiles are the future for automobiles because of its many political, economical, and environmental benefits. Tabitha Benbrook argues that "We could change the cars so that they use energy more efficiently, and pollute less. This could be done by using hydrogen as a fuel"(page 1) In 1839, English inventor Sir William Grove reasoned from his experiments that it was possible for water to be split up into hydrogen and oxygen using electricity. In 1859, Ludwig Mond and Charles Langer attempted to make a fuel cell. In 1959, NASA selected fuel cells as the power generator of choice for its first manned space mission. It was selected instead of batteries, nuclear reactors, and solar power because of its size, weight, efficiency, and ability to operate in zero gravity. The first successfully working Hydrogen vehicles were made by Roger E. Billings in the 1960s. It is estimated that over a thousand hydrogen vehicles have been found in Germany after the Second World War. This was due to Germany 's oil shortage during World War II.

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