An alloy of the metals magnesium, titanium, and nickel that is excellent at absorbing hydrogen could possibly be the beginning of using hydrogen in cars. It is also very light, about sixty percent less then a battery pack for a car. One problem of using hydrogen as a fuel source is that the gas is highly explosive. Read about it all right here.
This “tank” could be a very important discovery in utilizing cheaper fuel opportunities. If this is put into mass distribution this country could wean itself away from our dependance on gas. Assuming, of course, they have made it very safe for the public to use. Overall this “tank” could make the difference in the automotive industry.
This sounds like if this “tank” was distributed to the public, we would be taking one step forward, but two stepbs back. Using the hydrogen with the gas would bring us back to our rudimentary beginnings of the automobile with highly explosive fuel. Not too long were cars’ use of gasoline for fuel highly explosive.
However the use of this “tank” would make gasoline almost unnecessary, thus extemely low gas prices. But in order to make this device safe, they must securely store the hydrogen which would just make this “tank” bulky and defeating the statement of it being ‘sixty percent less than a battery pack’ in weight. Which will cost more, lives or gas prices?
I think that the making of this tank is a remarkable discovery to make our country less dependent on gasoline. It amazes me to think that something could bring our amzingly high gas prices down. The highly explosive fuel aspect of this discovery caught my eye also. Even if gas prices were lowered would people even use the alternate fuel source? I think yes that some people would use the alternate fuel source but others would not. I thnk the some people would not use the new source of fuel because it is highly explosive. These people could just see alll the car accidents there are today without this highly explosive fuel. In conclusion i believe that this new fuel source is a great start in our country’s effort to try and find alternative fuel sources.