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Hydrogen generator begins operating at Toyota's Torrance headquarters

dailybreeze -- Toyota executives have removed the equivalent of 294 cars from the roads.

A new hydrogen-run generator at the Japanese car company's Torrance campus started operating on Wednesday, with the promise to reduce 3.3 million pounds of carbon dioxide emissions each year.

"This is another opportunity for Toyota to reduce its environmental footprint," said Bob Daly, senior vice president of Toyota Motor Sales USA, the company's U.S. sales and marketing arm.

The power generation process creates no emissions, with only water and heat as by-products.

Through vehicles with high gas mileage, including the top-selling gas-electric hybrid Prius, Toyota has cultivated an image as an environmentally friendly company. The new generator, which uses a fuel cell to convert hydrogen into electri

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bston Champion Author Oklahoma City Posts:1,825 Points:643,250 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Oct 19, 2012 8:48:54 PM Ignore bston Report Abuse Good for Toyota & they're always on the cutting edge of technology.
playtimeCLE Champion Author Cleveland Posts:8,565 Points:1,545,350 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 3:12:32 PM Ignore playtimeCLE Report Abuse Nice positive move for Toyota.
truvoice1 Champion Author San Diego Posts:1,288 Points:475,315 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 12:41:27 PM Ignore truvoice1 Report Abuse Good for Toyota; maybe someday we'll see this applied to some of their vehicles.
Radar1992 Champion Author Florida Posts:1,330 Points:311,140 Joined:Dec 2011	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 10:29:12 AM Ignore Radar1992 Report Abuse You can't get something for nothing in physics or chemistry. You have to produce the hydrogen....unless we are getting it from the sun.... The burning by product is water...but isn't water vapor a greenhouse gas?
md11capt Champion Author Denver Posts:3,558 Points:711,480 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 8:29:29 AM Ignore md11capt Report Abuse Big question is how do you generate the hydrogen?
ss70 Champion Author Detroit Posts:9,669 Points:1,871,075 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 6:31:38 AM Ignore ss70 Report Abuse toyota should act like Tesla and build Hydrogen filling station all over.
SkooterG Champion Author Phoenix Posts:1,359 Points:329,335 Joined:May 2012	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 1:28:42 AM Ignore SkooterG Report Abuse Good on Toyota. I think Hydrogen power has the most potential in the long term.
Pozole Champion Author Portland Posts:9,603 Points:1,595,495 Joined:Mar 2005	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 12:22:53 AM Ignore Pozole Report Abuse ...more good clean water disappears...
vulcan96 Champion Author Ohio Posts:26,926 Points:3,105,425 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Oct 17, 2012 11:34:16 PM Ignore vulcan96 Report Abuse how much did that hydrogen cost that saved $130,000 of their electric bill?
goldrose1 Champion Author Cleveland Posts:10,946 Points:1,926,555 Joined:Feb 2005	Message Posted: Oct 17, 2012 11:00:24 PM Ignore goldrose1 Report Abuse It uses water in the reaction, but water is produced and reused. Nice way to reduce fossil fuel usage.
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,322 Points:2,144,900 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Oct 17, 2012 10:59:35 PM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse On Oct 18, 2012 12:28:14 AM, ItisAJeepThing wrote: >You pass large quantities of electricity through water. >You generate hydrogen and oxygen. That's a science class trick, but it's too expensive for commercial production of hydrogen. And it wouldn't make sense to use electricity to make hydrogen to make electricity. Industrial production of hydrogen consists of steam reforming of methane (the predominant component of natural gas). Or, as their hydrogen supplier (Air Products) says in their press release about the Toyota hydrogen fuel cell, "sourced through the purchase of landfill generated renewable bio-gas." Guess that $64 line of verbiage sounds more politically correct to California ears than "methane." Steam reforming of methane creates carbon dioxide... so Toyota gets to say they don't create carbon dioxide while shifting the carbon dioxide off to their supplier. [Edited by: Sneakers55 at 10/18/2012 2:01:19 AM EST]
Volvodude04 Champion Author Fresno Posts:2,314 Points:274,875 Joined:Aug 2012	Message Posted: Oct 17, 2012 10:54:42 PM Ignore Volvodude04 Report Abuse Cool
Brucevanf Champion Author New Brunswick Posts:1,361 Points:245,260 Joined:Aug 2012	Message Posted: Oct 17, 2012 10:53:36 PM Ignore Brucevanf Report Abuse Great
NOTSOGRN Champion Author Michigan Posts:2,059 Points:1,512,475 Joined:Dec 2007	Message Posted: Oct 17, 2012 10:53:22 PM Ignore NOTSOGRN Report Abuse . . Got a wait till 2015 for the wheels...
Bill100 Champion Author Grand Rapids Posts:41,498 Points:1,163,820 Joined:Jan 2010	Message Posted: Oct 17, 2012 10:50:28 PM Ignore Bill100 Report Abuse Sounds good.
Rooster922 Champion Author Wilmington Posts:3,798 Points:658,020 Joined:Jan 2009	Message Posted: Oct 17, 2012 10:46:42 PM Ignore Rooster922 Report Abuse I got my fill, time to bed, almost 2 am here.
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UseLessGasFolks Champion Author Iowa Posts:5,451 Points:1,296,825 Joined:Jul 2007	Message Posted: Oct 17, 2012 10:43:11 PM Ignore UseLessGasFolks Report Abuse I wonder if this is a prelude to a H-cell car...
NatureBoyKY Champion Author Kentucky Posts:3,369 Points:1,296,755 Joined:Jan 2008	Message Posted: Oct 17, 2012 10:42:14 PM Ignore NatureBoyKY Report Abuse This sounds breakthrough-fantastic. Let us await the results with great interest.
Old Timer Champion Author Akron Posts:3,747 Points:1,263,990 Joined:Sep 2003	Message Posted: Oct 17, 2012 10:42:05 PM Ignore Old Timer Report Abuse Great.
Jeannemarie Champion Author Las Vegas Posts:27,700 Points:2,035,640 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Oct 17, 2012 10:41:35 PM Ignore Jeannemarie Report Abuse Hooray, another winner from those folks at Toyota. Arigato.
rawdog1313 Champion Author Lexington Posts:3,309 Points:1,644,755 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Oct 17, 2012 10:40:10 PM Ignore rawdog1313 Report Abuse Good for them.....
slowpoke63 Champion Author Louisiana Posts:2,742 Points:888,115 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: Oct 17, 2012 10:39:27 PM Ignore slowpoke63 Report Abuse Interesting.
jcdakota Champion Author Baltimore Posts:1,347 Points:361,345 Joined:Nov 2010	Message Posted: Oct 17, 2012 10:38:23 PM Ignore jcdakota Report Abuse How far can it go on its "fuel"?
SBlouch Champion Author San Antonio Posts:8,737 Points:1,860,405 Joined:Apr 2007	Message Posted: Oct 17, 2012 10:35:51 PM Ignore SBlouch Report Abuse This is very interesting. Is this technology Toyota's next car?
ItisAJeepThing Champion Author Tucson Posts:19,760 Points:2,152,555 Joined:Oct 2006	Message Posted: Oct 17, 2012 10:28:14 PM Ignore ItisAJeepThing Report Abuse You pass large quantities of electricity through water. You generate hydrogen and oxygen. Keep them apart or they will explode back into water and produce a lot of energy. Do this mixing slowly to recover the energy to run your vehicle. Have to have solar panels to provide the initial electricity or a very long cord. They produce more water when the hydrogen and oxygen combine and produce the energy. Reuse this water by passing large quantities of electricity through it as in step #1. Perpetual motion as long as the solar cell keeps producing enough electricity. Don't travel at night or during cloudy weather.
crreed1 Champion Author West Virginia Posts:1,995 Points:2,528,285 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Oct 17, 2012 10:27:04 PM Ignore crreed1 Report Abuse good for them
bobdec Champion Author Miami Posts:8,969 Points:1,770,795 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Oct 17, 2012 10:25:58 PM Ignore bobdec Report Abuse Water is too valuable use for this
WIWalt Champion Author Wisconsin Posts:1,736 Points:416,745 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Oct 17, 2012 10:23:59 PM Ignore WIWalt Report Abuse Way to go Toyota!
Mowerman08 Champion Author Milwaukee Posts:4,765 Points:1,218,970 Joined:Aug 2008	Message Posted: Oct 17, 2012 10:23:23 PM Ignore Mowerman08 Report Abuse Better than solar and no tall towers for a wind mill.
BobD2009 Champion Author Long Island Posts:6,999 Points:1,241,735 Joined:Apr 2009	Message Posted: Oct 17, 2012 10:23:13 PM Ignore BobD2009 Report Abuse How much does it really save?
jdhelm Champion Author Iowa Posts:11,876 Points:1,199,865 Joined:Dec 2009	Message Posted: Oct 17, 2012 10:22:36 PM Ignore jdhelm Report Abuse al gore invented this
RENEGADEGAS Champion Author Missouri Posts:14,924 Points:1,593,175 Joined:Jul 2008	Message Posted: Oct 17, 2012 10:21:24 PM Ignore RENEGADEGAS Report Abuse moonrocks ... We can only hope.
ieetgluu Rookie Author New Hampshire Posts:29 Points:31,565 Joined:Oct 2012	Message Posted: Oct 17, 2012 10:21:07 PM Ignore ieetgluu Report Abuse It will make the cost of sea water go up too
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HA4CNN Champion Author Toronto Posts:5,629 Points:1,544,365 Joined:Dec 2006	Message Posted: Oct 17, 2012 10:20:09 PM Ignore HA4CNN Report Abuse Putting on the green face to sell more cars.
nomad228 Champion Author Columbus Posts:3,117 Points:575,140 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Oct 17, 2012 10:19:14 PM Ignore nomad228 Report Abuse yep that's right use water to make power,pure genius.people don't need water to drink,and ? this won't eventually catch on and drive the cost of drinking water through the roof.they keep forgetting to mention this when touting the miracle of hydrogen not to mention it being highly flammable.led zepplin bang zoom right to the moon alice. : )in case you didn't knw that where they got their bands name......look it up you may learn something new today.
moonrocks Champion Author San Diego Posts:2,069 Points:1,062,440 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Oct 17, 2012 10:16:48 PM Ignore moonrocks Report Abuse Hopefully on their own initiative, without government subsidy. Good on ya.
rd2000 Champion Author Florida Posts:3,581 Points:688,945 Joined:Jul 2007	Message Posted: Oct 17, 2012 10:16:32 PM Ignore rd2000 Report Abuse good for them but at what cost
HailstormCA Champion Author San Diego Posts:7,860 Points:1,472,995 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Oct 17, 2012 10:16:12 PM Ignore HailstormCA Report Abuse But will it fit into an engine compartment?
a14morfun Champion Author Ontario Posts:11,812 Points:2,078,190 Joined:Jul 2005	Message Posted: Oct 17, 2012 10:13:13 PM Ignore a14morfun Report Abuse nice going, Toyota
comprof Champion Author Houston Posts:6,870 Points:1,358,700 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: Oct 17, 2012 10:10:51 PM Ignore comprof Report Abuse Good for them. But at what cost? Are they not going to sell an extra 294 cars to the Chinese?
Z51Corvette Champion Author Austin Posts:8,490 Points:1,672,170 Joined:Jan 2008	Message Posted: Oct 17, 2012 10:07:28 PM Ignore Z51Corvette Report Abuse Am I soupposed to be excited...
LanguageMan1 Champion Author Tampa Posts:11,728 Points:1,662,765 Joined:Apr 2008	Message Posted: Oct 17, 2012 10:06:15 PM Ignore LanguageMan1 Report Abuse Well it's about time someone does.
Ron77095 Champion Author Houston Posts:3,070 Points:604,625 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Oct 17, 2012 10:03:39 PM Ignore Ron77095 Report Abuse What?
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