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    Alt Car Expo 2008: Honda's Steve Ellis Presentation -EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

    Santa Monica, California

    The primary environmental benefit of a CNG car is that it produces 90 percent fewer smog-forming pollutants (oxides of nitrogen), compared to the output of a conventional gas engine, said Steve Ellis, manager of alternative fuels for American Honda Motor Co. The Civic GX has reaped many environmental awards. This year, it was named by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) as the "greenest vehicle in the nation -- for the fifth consecutive year." The GX, which was first introduced in 1998, has the cleanest internal combustion certified by the EPA, Ellis noted.


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    Re: Alt Car Expo 2008: Honda's Presentation

    Whoopee. The FCX has 60% less CO2 emissions than a gasoline car. But the fuel is $10/gallon!
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      Re: Alt Car Expo 2008: Honda's Presentation

      Here in Palm Springs @ the Sun Line station it is $15.00/gal. It runs $0.03 more per mile than my Lincoln. No one said it was cheep, just not oil based.

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        Re: Alt Car Expo 2008: Honda's Presentation

        Originally posted by freedml View Post
        Whoopee. The FCX has 60% less CO2 emissions than a gasoline car. But the fuel is $10/gallon!
        How is the actual amount of Carbon calculated? Does it take into consideration what the Hydrogen fuel is made from. For example the Hydrogen at the pumps is supposed to use Natural Gas and strip the Carbon off.

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          Re: Alt Car Expo 2008: Honda's Presentation

          That bothered me, too, at first. But since the actual car has Zero CO2 emissions, all of the 60% they're estimating must be from the SMR process.
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            Re: Alt Car Expo 2008: Honda's Presentation

            Originally posted by durf1 View Post
            Here in Palm Springs @ the Sun Line station it is $15.00/gal. It runs $0.03 more per mile than my Lincoln. No one said it was cheep, just not oil based.
            It actually depends on what is used extract the hydrogen. At this time I have read that NG CH4 is used to produce H2 for vehicles. That makes it a fossil fuel and they probably use electricty from NG or coal for the energy to separate the H2.

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