Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? Date: 8 Dec 2024 23:00:43 GMT Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <9eb45192-e996-fa3d-b002-c02798bb2b7a@example.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net bKqUUeph8nEqfaBZbWYp3AURgnfr37f5WXUWbDeSg8kOp0GEnf Cancel-Lock: sha1:9bb42bxCQ3D+r2lGusvJklKS9CU= sha256:jcSPmh7ZqUCAAXhYf/weKizvcmvSE78i5ZeGKBb8k3Q= User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:61987 On Sun, 8 Dec 2024 14:58:38 +0100, D wrote: > Wow, Toyota would celebrate! I think they are still clinging to > hydrogen. Toyota never bought into BEVs and favored hybrids. The Mirai is impressive but it points out the problem at this time. https://www.hydrogeninsight.com/transport/toyota-sued-over-lack-of- hydrogen-availability-for-fuel-cell-cars-in-california/2-1-1676965 "A class action lawsuit alleges false advertising and misrepresentation over promises that H2 refuelling stations would be widely available" Hydrogen will need a real PR campaign. A company I worked for had a contract to produce the glass tubes for strobe lights. It was a glass blowing operation to form the corkscrew shape. Soda glass can be worked with oxy-acetylene but quartz glass needs a oxy-hydrogen flame. We had to get a permit to have a hydrogen tube trailer spotted on the premises despite hydrogen being safer than acetylene. I could see the fire marshall thinking 'bomb' when we said 'hydrogen'. The tanks have improved. In the '70s the weight of hydrogen in a tube trailer was ridiculously small compared to the wieght of the trailer. New materials reduce the tank weights and the DOT has increased the allowable pressure but it's still a transportation problem. Then there is the problem that most hydrogen comes from processing natural gas rather than green alternative energy sources.