You will now be thrown into death: new "innovative" concepts and models of car manufacturers. How you're also involved in the automotive industry, you do not have contemporary far if you do not have picture of the "fuel" for the future. There is nothing wrong in itself, the fossil fuels disappear or are too expensive and so one should consider means to ensure that in future we retain the mobile freedom we are all so attached. The result: a constant debate about who is right on.

Especially the media plays in very much the issue as the fuel of the future is central to any discussion about the automotive future. If horses are blinkered therefore immediately cheered and a lot of noise made when a new hybrid will be launched, if the car's battery to 10 kilometer further back after a long night loading, or hydrogen cars too slow to be ready for production. In particular at this time, the AutoRAI is today open to the public, can not resist the slightest to be excited. But it completely ignores what is the core of the problem we have some time as mobile world will be facing them: where do we get energy from?

The problem lies not in the fuel or technical application is ensuring that we remain mobile in the future, the question is: where does the energy come from? It comes because each concept means that it uses an energy carrier, not energy. This is perfectly logical, even the fossil fuels we use today are originating energy. Once the Sun, the only real resource we know as humanity, made sure that this energy was stored in various substances. Using an energy source instead of a source is not a complete solution to the problem.

Consider driving on hydrogen. This is a very nice idea, it can be applied in the same way as we have gasoline and diesel refueling, after some further development can best provide some power and range and the only emission is water. The problem is that much energy to make hydrogen. Anyone who has had physics in high school has ever done: in a special arrangement (unit of Hoffman) puts it in water flow. Electrolysis by separating oxygen and hydrogen molecules and are collected separately.

There is much work (energy) for a little bit but needed to make hydrogen. To clarify: if all cars in the Netherlands would run on hydrogen, there are dozens of nuclear plants needed to provide us with enough hydrogen. So if we go back to the actual source of hydrogen is not as perfect as it first seems. Of course, this energy also hundreds if not thousands, windmills are excited, but also on a global scale, this can naturally cause problems. It takes energy from our weather system is. And then all other problems, such as visual intrusion and noise, yet not counted.

Cars on the power supply, known by connoisseurs as a plug-in hybrids are a good example. Apart from the long charging times and low range seems a car that can plug into the stabbing could be so perfect. Pretty cheap too: just kilometers refueling at low rates and no emissions. But though the aforementioned problems must be solved still ask: where does the energy come from? At this time, the coal plants are, wherever we masse if their car to the mains charging many times too little of. Coal plants, why green?

For each alternative concepts presented in what is the problem. It is therefore no question of interest as the "fuel" of the future, it does not matter, it is more a logistical and economic rather than a technical issue. It comes at all times the same: the only energy we know as humanity is the Sun The Sun provides all life on earth and has so much energy that we in no way in a million years to deplete. It is the only form of renewable energy which can be used without disturbing other ecological systems. It is time we stop than the hype surrounding the "fuel of the future" and is going to deal with the only really interesting topic: where do we get energy from?