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Posted on 5/2/26 at 9:38 am to lake chuck fan
The engineers will disappear by year end
Posted on 5/2/26 at 9:40 am to Diamondawg
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Don't they call that steam? I think we tried that a long time ago. Worked until something better came along (no I didn't read it).
Do they call the separation of water into its constituent elements steam?
Didn't get past 3rd grade, did ya?
Posted on 5/2/26 at 9:44 am to Pepperoni
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I remember playing with water powered rockets 50 years ago.
Posted on 5/2/26 at 9:44 am to deltadummy
Now run the ac condensate drain back to the tank and folks in LA and east Texas can have perpetual motion machines.
Posted on 5/2/26 at 9:45 am to SouthEasternKaiju
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Thought we were talking about cost, not thermodynamics.
In this application they're hard connected. Conversion inefficiencies lead to higher cost.
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/03/12/debunking-the-myth-hydrogen-fuel-cells-arent-more-efficient-than-alternatives/
Posted on 5/2/26 at 9:48 am to Flats
So Toyota is intentionally going out of its way to make a prototype for a product that’s never gonna sell because…?
Then why go through all this dog and pony if they don’t intend to proceed with a viable sellable version?
Then why go through all this dog and pony if they don’t intend to proceed with a viable sellable version?
This post was edited on 5/2/26 at 9:48 am
Posted on 5/2/26 at 9:51 am to lake chuck fan
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through distilled water
There is your finite resource
Posted on 5/2/26 at 9:53 am to SouthEasternKaiju
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So Toyota is intentionally going out of its way to make a prototype for a product that’s never gonna sell because…?
The selling point for hydrogen has always been emissions, not cost effectiveness or efficiency. We don't always care about efficiency in certain applications so it's not as if hydrogen fuel cells are pointless, but if you're talking powering passenger cars in the US then efficiency is going to matter. A lot.
Posted on 5/2/26 at 9:56 am to WickedTiger
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the American car industry has historically not shown the ability to do much of anything right.
Just because they've shown it doesn't mean they're not capable.
Posted on 5/2/26 at 9:59 am to Flats
Per the video, people will look at price tag and forget about electric. That suggests to me Toyota thinks they can produce this car so it'll sell.
Time will tell
Time will tell
Posted on 5/2/26 at 10:01 am to WickedTiger
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I’m as American as anyone. But, the American car industry has historically not shown the ability to do much of anything right. Sorry, that is just historical fact.
Exactly. I always want to buy American cars but when I do, they always turn to absolute crap quickly. The reliability just is not there. Toyota and Honda I’ve never had any issues with. I know that we could build a more reliable car we just choose not to.
Posted on 5/2/26 at 10:03 am to aubie101
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Toyota and Honda I’ve never had any issues with.
And their quality has gone down as they've moved more production to here and Mexico. They're still well above average but that bulletproof reputation is gone.
Posted on 5/2/26 at 10:06 am to Flats
quote:so is it the American worker? We aren’t as detailed oriented as the Japanese. **** well may be especially this upcoming generation.
And their quality has gone down as they've moved more production to here and Mexico. They're still well above average but that bulletproof reputation is gone.
Posted on 5/2/26 at 10:08 am to BHS78
To reference "Wllowinit", this is not in the same hemisphere as what we are talking about here. Water "powered" rockets work on ballast and pressure. Splitting hydrogen and Oxygen molecules using electrolysis as a catalyst allows for the burning of a somewhat "clean-fuel" from an easy to obtain resource, water.
Pressure and "Bernoulli's and "Venturi's" is cool, but not what we are talking here with this research.
Pressure and "Bernoulli's and "Venturi's" is cool, but not what we are talking here with this research.
Posted on 5/2/26 at 10:12 am to aubie101
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so is it the American worker? We aren’t as detailed oriented as the Japanese.
I'd use "conscientious" instead of "detail oriented". It's a cultural thing, and it just proves that while processes are important the individual workers still matter. The average Japanese worker just isn't going to say "well, that's good enough" as quickly as a US worker.
Posted on 5/2/26 at 10:30 am to lake chuck fan
Free bubble up soon!!!!!
Posted on 5/2/26 at 10:31 am to WickedTiger
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the American car industry has historically not shown the ability to do much of anything right. Sorry, that is just historical fact.
Other than invent the car, the assembly line, and win WW2, sure.
Posted on 5/2/26 at 10:32 am to Henry Jones Jr
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They will fight it by funding groups that say data centers are bad for the environment because of how much water they consume.
They will fight it by aggressively lobbying for privatizing water supplies, which in turn will allow them to dramatically raise water prices. They will also lobby more aggressively to restrict or outlaw personal rainwater collection, and you will suddenly see PSAs on how rainwater in your steam engine could hurt your engine, regardless of whether that would be true.
This post was edited on 5/2/26 at 10:36 am
Posted on 5/2/26 at 10:37 am to Diamondawg
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Don't they call that steam? I think we tried that a long time ago. Worked until something better came along (no I didn't read it).
I was actually thinking about this an hour ago as I drove over a railroad track.
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