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If you watched local TV channels at a lot in the late 2000s just like me, you must have seen that Bank PHB advert where they predicted that “one day, cars will run on water”. The advert shows a man driving his car on the highway and when the fuel gauge signaled an empty tank, he stopped the car at a fueling station and refilled it with water before continuing his journey.

Although Bank PHB is now defunct and transitioned into Keystone Bank or something, THAT day when cars are running on water is here and it doesn’t look great for Nigeria. I will explain.


World’s largest car brand, Toyota, recently announced the 2020 Toyota Mirai HFC in Japan. Mirai is a Japanese word for future and the car itself is a hydrogen-powered sedan that is now being touted to replace our “normal” petrol-powered combustion engine cars in the future.

Lets see how the Toyota Mirai works.
Hydrogen is an element that binds with oxygen to form a compound called H20, otherwise known as water. To produce hydrogen, you only have to remove oxygen from water, the remaining stuff is known as hydrogen and it’s really powerful – so powerful that it can substitute fossil fuels like petrol in electricity production. In fact, Hydrogen accounted for nearly 2% of the electricity supply in the USA in 2018. The US government says it wants to make that figure higher. The icing on the cake is that Hydrogen does not cause global warming, pollution, or generates smoke when used. When used with oxygen to produce electricity or power, what hydrogen emits as its by-product is…wait for it… water.

The Toyota Mirai works like a normal hybrid Lexus or Highlander or Prius, however, instead of petrol, it uses hydrogen to produce electricity. As the car takes the needed amount of electric to function, it diverts excesses and stores it in a special battery. When the battery is filled up, hydrogen is put to rest and the car depends on the battery for power until the battery gets low and it switches back to hydrogen again and vice versa.

How succesful is the Toyota Mirai going to be?
Toyota sold only 5000 hydrogen cars last year but the Japanese car maker says it expects to sell 30,000 in 2019. The fast expansion of the hydrogen fuel cell market could be a pipe dream for now due to lack of hydrogen stations which are said to be three times more expensive to setup than conventional petrol/gas stations.

Alongside the Toyota Mirai which is the first production hydrogen fuel cell vehicle to go into production, Honda is offering the Honda Clarity Fuel Cell while Kia/Hyundai has the Hyundai ix35 FCEV and American car giant Chrysler has the Natrium HFC in stock.

Toyota Mirai and HFCs are still better alternatives to Teslas, other electric vehicles
Tesla electric car models take an average of 8 hours to charge up when connected to a non-supercharger. The Toyota Mirai takes ~4 minutes to get a full tank refill of hydrogen. A Toyota Mirai with a full tank of Hydrogen has a capacity of driving from Abuja to Onitsha without the need for a refill, most electric cars can’t. Worse, you’ll be forced to spend a lot of time by the roadside charging your electric vehicle if it goes flat during a journey.

The biggest gain Toyota Mirai has over Tesla (and Nissan Leaf, Mercedes EVs, and other electric vehicle products) is that one requires only hydrogen to function, but for the other, you’ll require conventional electricity to charge it, and more often than not, this electricity is generated in power plants that use fossil fuels and gasses to generate power – so you ended up burning fuel and causing global warming just to charge your car.

What this means for Nigeria
The world is tilting towards less and less dependency on crude oil due to global warming and this means bad business for Nigeria whose economy is powered by crude oil sales. Not just Nigeria, any country that solely depends on crude oil to survive will have itself to blame by 2030 when nationwide bans take effect on cars that use diesel and petrol in many countries of the world.

Here’s a list of countries that are so determined to keep fuel cars from plying their roads that they got them banned:

Note: Seattle and Los Angeles are two cities in the United States who placed bans on fossil cars. Other states are expected to follow suit in the near future.

Whether Hydrogen vehicles are taking over the world or not, we’re only certain that the crude oil fiesta will not last forever. Nigeria should borrow a leaf from what is currently happening in Venezuela and picture what happens when a crude oil party is over.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRwPc5yJqCo
lalasticlala

Incredible innovation

We'll get there

Tocynone:
We'll get there

When ? year 2098�

Very nice concept

At least we can invest on other stuff not only in oil

Hydrogen gas is very expensive in nature.
You can not remove hydrogen from water. Not by heating no by any other chemical reaction. So cars can never run on water.

Tech for the world.

Mtchewww.....what do you know

thesolutions:
Hydrogen gas is very expensive in nature.
You can not remove hydrogen from water. Not by heating no by any other chemical reaction. So cars can never run on water.

Op no trouble. .....Nigeria won't improve no sensible Nigerian will buy that. ..so oil is still important

Wonder shall never end

rapper12:
Original article source, pictures: https://somto.com/trouble-for-nigeria-other-crude-oil-economies-as-toyota-honda-produce-cars-that-run-on-water/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRwPc5yJqCo
lalasticlala

That Man that resemble Yakubu Aiyegbeni like that.
Nostalgic

rapper12:
Original article source, pictures: https://somto.com/trouble-for-nigeria-other-crude-oil-economies-as-toyota-honda-produce-cars-that-run-on-water/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRwPc5yJqCo
lalasticlala

That Man that resemble Yakubu Aiyegbeni like that

As time advances cheaper and more cost effective methods of adapting this energy source to every day use will gradually emerge.

thesolutions:
Hydrogen gas is very expensive in nature.
You can not remove hydrogen from water. Not by heating no by any other chemical reaction. So cars can never run on water.

While I am aware of emerging technologies and the fact that technology is dynamic, I will say categorically that cars will never run on water, at least there will be no mass production on cars that run on water.

Hydrogen cars may emerge in the market but the hydrogen will never be produced by using water.

Water isn't as cheap as you think. If all cars are to run on water, there will be no more water for humans, animals and plants.

Wow so DANGOTE has played himself!!
Well I believe he has a business strategy to generate the funds he is using to build refinery

Can you prove this

femidejulius:
While I am aware of emerging technologies and the fact that technology is dynamic, I will say categorically that cars will never run on water, at least there will be no mass production on cars that run on water.

Hydrogen cars may emerge in the market but the hydrogen will never be produced by using water.

Water isn't as cheap as you think. If all cars are to run on water, there will be no more water for humans, animals and plants.

femidejulius:
While I am aware of emerging technologies and the fact that technology is dynamic, I will say categorically that cars will never run on water, at least there will be no mass production on cars that run on water.

Hydrogen cars may emerge in the market but the hydrogen will never be produced by using water.

Water isn't as cheap as you think. If all cars are to run on water, there will be no more water for humans, animals and plants.

Very wrong. The by-product of cars that runs on water is water.
What you should be woried about is the flamability of hydrogen which is far more dangerous and volatile than petrol

I will rather You call it the breathing car since it breathes in oxygen to react with other element. besides, you don't fuel it directly with water, instead water is part of its bye product.

Only when there is a converter that can transform water fuel to hydrogen then can it be eligible for such qualification.

eelbay:
Can you prove this

Think about it. How many gallons of petrol do you think cars run on in Nigeria alone? How many Nigerians do not have access to water? How many has to ration it daily especially in the dry season? If cars start using water, it will be more scare.

Even in developed countries, water is retreated and recirculated. In developing countries, groundwater is being depleted daily. Water isn't as cheap as you think.

Basher8583:


Very wrong. The by-product of cars that runs on water is water.
What you should be woried about is the flamability of hydrogen which is far more dangerous and volatile than petrol

The volatility of hydrogen can be controlled. Naturally gases for instance is not stable too but advancement in technology has made it possible to be transported over long distances through pipelines without any problems. So, hydrogen can be stabilised in cars. I am not worried about that.

My worries is where to get the water to power them. Lots of countries lack water and have to recycle the little it has. Lots that has water have significantly depleted their underground water sources. Others waste the water they have. There are so many cars in the world.

If hydrogen is removed from H2O, what you have left is oxygen, so the by-product of a car that uses the hydrogen in water will be Oxygen.

Modified: Even the picture earlier on this page claim water will be ejected via the exhaust, therefore it collaborates my earlier stand that more water will be needed and global water consumption will become very high. Water from exhaust can't be saved, can it?

we to we will get there

femidejulius:



The volatility of hydrogen can be controlled. Naturally gases for instance is not stable too but advancement in technology has made it possible to be transported over long distances through pipelines without any problems. So, hydrogen can be stabilised in cars. I am not worried about that.

My worries is where to get the water to power them. Lots of countries lack water and have to recycle the little it has. Lots that has water have significantly depleted their underground water sources. Others waste the water they have. There are so many cars in the world.

If hydrogen is removed from H2O, what you have left is oxygen, so the by-product of a car that uses the hydrogen in water will be Oxygen.

@bolded shows you know nothing about chemistry. Please stay in your lane.
You know nothing about the stability of hydrogen.
Do you know how emense the explosion will be for the hydrogen tank to rupture. How do you stabilise that. It is more volatile than petrol which is dense by the way and has been a reason why it hasn't gain much traction since it's introduction as a propellant for cars. Besides the hydrogen is stored under intense presure (about 10,000psi). Imagine rupturing that. I can tell you for free that no one will find your pieces after the crash.
No body wants to buy a moving bomb!
Even the use of Kevlar coated tanks cannot stop it.
Imagine everytime you enter you new hydrogen powered whip is like an attempt at suicide. Lol

femidejulius:


Think about it. How many gallons of petrol do you think cars run on in Nigeria alone? How many Nigerians do not have access to water? How many has to ration it daily especially in the dry season? If cars start using water, it will be more scare.

Even in developed countries, water is retreated and recirculated. In developing countries, groundwater is being depleted daily. Water isn't as cheap as you think.

You are probably leaving is an area with little access to water. There's water everywhere.
Drill a borehole and you will have unlimited access to it

Basher8583:


You are probably leaving is an area with little access to water. There's water everywhere.
Drill a borehole and you will have unlimited access to it

This shows you know nothing about geophysics, water and sustainability. I told you already about ground water depletion. So you dig boreholes all over the world and when volcanic eruption occur, boom! You are gone and we can't find your remains. And what happens if you finish the underground water that took millions of years to be underneath us?

I have access to all the water I need personally but unlike you I am not ignorant to understand that there are billions of you and I all over the world that can't rely on boreholes for water.

I pray this cars comes into Nigeria ....So the stupid and foolish hausa/foolanis and their yourba slaves will know that they are nothing without oil

Lol

From electric cars to water cars.E don be for Nigeria.

Maybe, when oil completely looses value, we can now separate in peace.


Nonsense

if those cars hit naija,

Water go begin scarce

thesolutions:
Hydrogen gas is very expensive in nature.
You can not remove hydrogen from water. Not by heating no by any other chemical reaction. So cars can never run on water.

Lol...the world is moving faster than your thoughts, hope u realize this?!

For every innovation, no matter how tough the ride will be...there must be an easy access...some day, some how.

Surprisingly, way back in 2008 -2009 a small company in Osaka Japan named Genepax came up with a working prototype of a car powered by water.

Running a car on water has been the holy grail for car manufacturers for some time now, but it appears that a Japanese company named Genepax may have pulled ahead of the competition with a prototype vehicle that runs entirely on water .

The painful thing is that the company just couldn't survive. And I have been asking myself why would such a wonderful dream be buried without any reason?

You can search on Google for "car powered by water in Osaka Japan "

femidejulius:
While I am aware of emerging technologies and the fact that technology is dynamic, I will say categorically that cars will never run on water, at least there will be no mass production on cars that run on water.

Hydrogen cars may emerge in the market but the hydrogen will never be produced by using water.

Water isn't as cheap as you think. If all cars are to run on water, there will be no more water for humans, animals and plants.

The car runs on Hydrogen technically, not water. Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe and 8th most abundant on earth.