# Honda introduces hydrogen fuel-cell car -- will this catch on?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [December 1, 2007, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honda-introduces-hydrogen-fuel-cell-car-will-this-catch-on/428411 "2007-12-01T02:24:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honda-introduces-hydrogen-fuel-cell-car-will-this-catch-on/428411/81 "2007-12-14T14:10:24Z")

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Sorry to bump this but **Sam** I saw [this](http://www.economist.com/science/tq/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10202790) and thought of you!

A Suburban? Hah!

🙂

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**Author:** ![Sockmunkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Sockmunkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sockmunkey)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honda-introduces-hydrogen-fuel-cell-car-will-this-catch-on/428411/82 "2007-12-22T07:50:36Z")

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My own knee-jerk reaction is that Bush is pushing for hydrogen because all the other solutions are too near-term and would disrupt Big-oil’s income before they all have a chance to move their money into some other investment.

My own personal favorite is the compressed air powered car (sorry Tuckerfan) which I confess is based as much upon personal preference as it is technical merit.

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