There is actually no lead in the hybrid car batteries. They are lithium-ion. Lithium-ion batteries are highly explosive when exposed to water.

Exactly. So now you have two bombs to deal with. :w:

They actually expel less water than most unleaded gas engines...I think you have a preconceived notion that these cars would look like a jet-ski runnin down the hiway....

We are talking very small amounts of water, not a gush...

i was just thinking out loud.... you'd be suprised what you think of when you drive 700 miles in a day.... work the next and then drive back 700 miles.... i have to do something to keep me from going completely insane..... i mean there are alot of what if's that noone will know until they hit the mainstream....

i know how ya feel Ben.....i used to do that on my 120 mile drive to and from college........

There are actually quite a few of them on the road right now....mostly in a prototype stage, but lots of info about them...Some like the Honda will become production as early as next year IIRC

did some reading and there is 2 types of hydrogen vehicles.

In combustion, the hydrogen is burned in engines in fundamentally the same method as traditional gasoline cars.

In fuel-cell conversion, the hydrogen is reacted with oxygen to produce water and electricity, the latter of which is used to power an electric traction motor.

so does the fuel cell conversion create heat? if not then my ideeers might still be valid.

My understanding is that some heat is produced....

ANYTIME you use ANY method whether it be mechanical, chemical, nuclear, or elctro-motive you generate heat. There is no known method to man of generating energy without creating heat. Hydrogen powered and fuel cell powered vehicles have the same issue but on a bigger level. Anytime you invovle hydrogen and oxygen you create a massive amount of heat without a natural catalyst to counter-act it. Not to mention the point we were making earlier that anytime you contain hydrogen you create a rolling bomb. Add the explosiveness of lithium-ion when combined with water and oxygen and you are now rolling down the road with enough explosive force to create a small crater as well as take out about 20 cars within the surrounding area. Add another point that it takes 32% more pollutants in the earth to manufacter hybrids and there is no positive reason to build or drive hybrids except that the EPA and manufacturers stand to get rich.

ding...ding...ding, we have a winner

this all reminds me of the article about a hybrid being more polluting than a hummer when you include all the production materials and mileage and all...