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Toyota introduced a hydrogen car

Looks like Toyota aimed for the hydrogen cars technology.  No wonder they never invested too much into the EV.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/joannmuller/2015/01/05/how-badly-does-toyota-want-to-push-hydrogen-cars-its-giving-away-its-patents-for-free/

There are several fuel stations already in US.  First car Mirai will be released this year.  

Some people believe hydrogen cars and fueling stations are more dangerous in the event of the accident.  I wonder what other people think.  How is it different a danger than gasoline cars and gasoline stations?
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It's:
TANSTAAFL  (There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch)

Sorry, I don't mean to be picky, but that is one of my favorite reads.   ; )
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I don't know why we can't just rein up a team of children or illegal immigrants and have them pull our cars around.  They will be quite light after you remove the redundant engine.  As long as you feed them slow-release carbohydrates and make them wear hi-viz clothing it's safe enough.
Are you from South and your grandfather was a slave owner?
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Great discussion.  Thanks guys.
Better suited for the lounge probably.
Thanks!
Thanks for the points, Tiras25

@viki2000
There is a magnetic motor, which runs only based on magnets, no additional electrical energy
You're talking about creating energy out of nothing ("no electrical energy"). That is a scam.
"You're talking about creating energy out of nothing ("no electrical energy"). That is a scam. "

Why you do not want to understand it?
It is nothing like that. It is not electrical energy out of nothing. It has a generator. The driver is a pure magnetic motor. That's all. The force used to put in motion the rotor of the magnetic motor is pure magnetic force. And during last years that is possible due to strong magnets with strong magnetic fields.
Neodymium magnet =  Nd2Fe14B compound, discovered in 1982 by General Motors (GM) and Sumitomo Special Metals
an electric motor uses magnetism, a generator also uses magnetism .. Electricity in is a motor, electricity out is a generator.  In order to create motion (energy) you must use energy (conservation of energy)
Agree.
But the idea behind is this: the magnetic force in the magnetic motor is stronger than the friction and allows rotation. The electrical generator attached to the magnetic motor  it is not the same power as the motor, it is lower. We lose energy through transformation magnetic-mechanic-electric, but in the end we still get a value, enough.
do you understand how a magnetic motor works? it works on the attraction / repulsion of similar poles of magnetic field  but once it has moved then in order for it to move more you have to reverse the polarity so the previously attracted is now being repulsed.
I will say it again a generator and an electric motor are exactly the same the only difference is where the energy is being applied. the input of one is the output of the other and vice versa.
Maybe the new generators which will appear on the market during the next years, not more than 5-10 years, will change your understanding.
No matter how you twist it, that magnetic motor cannot drive a generator to create more energy than the motor uses. Nothing is 100% efficient - let alone more than 100% as required by this system.
Thank you Tiras25.

Perhaps just a couple of children reined up to pull the car along would be sufficient to offset the kinetic energy from the magnets that is lost to friction and heat?  ;-)