Nomen Nescio
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 Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 2:30 am Post subject: Greenies and Hybrid Vehicles |
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"You don't seem to want to examine the core
problem of "hybrid vehicles" as currently
produced: There is NOT ENOUGH of the SPECIALTY
METALS, either mined or refined, required for
the production of their battery sets or fuel
cells.
The nickel metal hydride crowd forgets to tell
you that it requires the rare earth metal
lanthanum in the amount of 20kg per vehicle.
World production of rare earth metals IN TOTAL
is ALL IN CHINA and is under 90,000 MT. Do the
math! Fuel cells as currently configured require
50 lbs of MOLYBDENUM per car. World production of
molybdenum metal, mostly in CHINA, is under
100,000 MT per year. Do the math!
By the way there are many other uses for molybdenum
and it can't be all dedicated to fuel cell production.
Lithium-ion batteries you say? Gee, there are unresolved
problems of internal shorting for the high amperage units
required for cars- i.e., they are not yet known to be
RELIABLE. Where, by the way, is ALL the LITHIUM going
to be produced?
No matter what Bill Ford says there is currently no way
to produce more than 250,000 hybrid cars per year and
this will be at unknown costs since the key raw materials
ALL COME FROM CHINA.
Forget hybrids anytime soon.
Jack Lifton (from a posting he made on a website) |
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