I suspect not
since it's hardly green. Fuel cell powered by hydrogen, you say? and we get hydrogen how? hands up, please. no, not you, shambles. Someone else? electrolysis of water, you say? give that man a turnip. Requiring, oh, let's say, some electricity, generated from burning fossil fuels? genius.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 18:42, archived)

This is why we should get people who want to be green
To run like hamsters in a wheel and generate electricity that way.
( Pickle Fairy is clumsily dancing away this fear, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 18:43, archived)

Indeed
Also,building one of those massive wind turbines uses massive amounts of energy, what with them being made from tonnes of steel and all that
( Hankster, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 18:45, archived)

Which is why we need people hamsters

( Pickle Fairy is clumsily dancing away this fear, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 18:45, archived)

totaly

( Hankster, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 18:46, archived)

The idea is that you leave it running for more than a few minutes.

( Newington, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 18:48, archived)

Don't most energy generating things require expenditure of energy to build?

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 18:51, archived)

and of course they generate more during their lifetime than they take to build,
otherwise it wouldn't be worth doing at all.
Except for solar power, which is useful for calculators and caravans and satellites and stuff.

When solar cell factories can themselves be solar powered, that will make them more interesting.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 19:04, archived)

They actually get the power from F1 engines

( magnum, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 18:44, archived)

In other news..
..I rarely post 'my computer is better than yours' posts, but I was amused by this story, and the fact that MS will inevitably try to sell it as The Great Leap Forward when what actually doing is The Great Catch Up With Other, Decent, Browsers.
( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 18:45, archived)

I know you've specifically discounted me
but (a) electrickery doesn't have to be generated from dead ferns and mammal-like reptiles, and (b) in theory at least, making fuel cells and running electric motors with them is considerably more efficient than asploding fuel in an internal combustion engine.

Just ... you know ... less VRRRUMMMMM! VRRRUMMMMM!
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 18:46, archived)

Uh huh.
I noticed you saying water vapour would be a pretty horrid greenhouse gas if it were produced on the same scale as CO2 from private cars, too. Interesting.

I don't particularly have a problem with motorsport anyway.
( Newington, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 18:47, archived)

Shush now.
Allow people to argue with what they imagine you think, rather than what you actually think.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 18:49, archived)

BAN SHAMBOLLOCKS DISAGREEING WITH SOMEONE ONLINE IS LIKE BULLYING

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 18:52, archived)

Yep - like carbon dioxide, it's a very efficient absorber of infra-red radiation.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 18:55, archived)

Nope. Common Myth Alert.
environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/climate-change/dn11652
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 19:12, archived)

*points at Hydro-electric power*

( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 18:52, archived)

Which comes from the energy potential of dammed water.

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 18:57, archived)