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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:1,955 Points:669,990 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Oct 19, 2012 10:48:54 PM Ignore bston Report Abuse Good for Toyota & they're always on the cutting edge of technology.
playtimeCLE Champion Author Cleveland Posts:8,699 Points:1,571,100 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 5:12:32 PM Ignore playtimeCLE Report Abuse Nice positive move for Toyota.
truvoice1 Champion Author San Diego Posts:1,408 Points:500,275 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 2:41:27 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:1,465 Points:337,865 Joined:Dec 2011	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 12:29:12 PM 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:729,930 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 10:29:29 AM Ignore md11capt Report Abuse Big question is how do you generate the hydrogen?
ss70 Champion Author Detroit Posts:9,944 Points:1,897,200 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 8:31:38 AM Ignore ss70 Report Abuse toyota should act like Tesla and build Hydrogen filling station all over.
SkooterG Champion Author Phoenix Posts:1,369 Points:344,185 Joined:May 2012	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 3:28:42 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:9,766 Points:1,622,220 Joined:Mar 2005	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 2:22:53 AM Ignore Pozole Report Abuse ...more good clean water disappears...
vulcan96 Champion Author Ohio Posts:27,145 Points:3,126,955 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 1:34:16 AM Ignore vulcan96 Report Abuse how much did that hydrogen cost that saved $130,000 of their electric bill?
goldrose1 Champion Author Cleveland Posts:11,071 Points:1,949,605 Joined:Feb 2005	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 1:00:24 AM 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:51,850 Points:2,169,375 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 12:59:35 AM 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:2,444 Points:300,625 Joined:Aug 2012	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 12:54:42 AM Ignore Volvodude04 Report Abuse Cool
Brucevanf Champion Author New Brunswick Posts:1,498 Points:271,985 Joined:Aug 2012	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 12:53:36 AM Ignore Brucevanf Report Abuse Great
NOTSOGRN Champion Author Michigan Posts:2,077 Points:1,535,210 Joined:Dec 2007	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 12:53:22 AM Ignore NOTSOGRN Report Abuse . . Got a wait till 2015 for the wheels...
Bill100 Champion Author Grand Rapids Posts:41,749 Points:1,190,545 Joined:Jan 2010	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 12:50:28 AM Ignore Bill100 Report Abuse Sounds good.
Rooster922 Champion Author Wilmington Posts:3,925 Points:682,795 Joined:Jan 2009	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 12:46:42 AM Ignore Rooster922 Report Abuse I got my fill, time to bed, almost 2 am here.
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UseLessGasFolks Champion Author Iowa Posts:5,586 Points:1,323,550 Joined:Jul 2007	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 12:43:11 AM Ignore UseLessGasFolks Report Abuse I wonder if this is a prelude to a H-cell car...
NatureBoyKY Champion Author Kentucky Posts:3,434 Points:1,310,405 Joined:Jan 2008	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 12:42:14 AM Ignore NatureBoyKY Report Abuse This sounds breakthrough-fantastic. Let us await the results with great interest.
Old Timer Champion Author Akron Posts:3,879 Points:1,290,490 Joined:Sep 2003	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 12:42:05 AM Ignore Old Timer Report Abuse Great.
Jeannemarie Champion Author Las Vegas Posts:27,729 Points:2,038,665 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 12:41:35 AM Ignore Jeannemarie Report Abuse Hooray, another winner from those folks at Toyota. Arigato.
rawdog1313 Champion Author Lexington Posts:3,439 Points:1,670,505 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 12:40:10 AM Ignore rawdog1313 Report Abuse Good for them.....
slowpoke63 Champion Author Louisiana Posts:2,817 Points:903,890 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 12:39:27 AM Ignore slowpoke63 Report Abuse Interesting.
jcdakota Champion Author Baltimore Posts:1,427 Points:377,345 Joined:Nov 2010	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 12:38:23 AM Ignore jcdakota Report Abuse How far can it go on its "fuel"?
SBlouch Champion Author San Antonio Posts:8,836 Points:1,885,285 Joined:Apr 2007	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 12:35:51 AM Ignore SBlouch Report Abuse This is very interesting. Is this technology Toyota's next car?
ItisAJeepThing Champion Author Tucson Posts:20,030 Points:2,179,280 Joined:Oct 2006	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 12:28:14 AM 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:2,100 Points:2,550,715 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 12:27:04 AM Ignore crreed1 Report Abuse good for them
bobdec Champion Author Miami Posts:9,104 Points:1,797,520 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 12:25:58 AM Ignore bobdec Report Abuse Water is too valuable use for this
WIWalt Champion Author Wisconsin Posts:1,852 Points:441,965 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 12:23:59 AM Ignore WIWalt Report Abuse Way to go Toyota!
Mowerman08 Champion Author Milwaukee Posts:4,883 Points:1,243,480 Joined:Aug 2008	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 12:23:23 AM Ignore Mowerman08 Report Abuse Better than solar and no tall towers for a wind mill.
BobD2009 Champion Author Long Island Posts:7,129 Points:1,267,485 Joined:Apr 2009	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 12:23:13 AM Ignore BobD2009 Report Abuse How much does it really save?
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ieetgluu Rookie Author New Hampshire Posts:34 Points:31,890 Joined:Oct 2012	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 12:21:07 AM Ignore ieetgluu Report Abuse It will make the cost of sea water go up too
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HA4CNN Champion Author Toronto Posts:5,765 Points:1,571,190 Joined:Dec 2006	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 12:20:09 AM Ignore HA4CNN Report Abuse Putting on the green face to sell more cars.
nomad228 Champion Author Columbus Posts:3,143 Points:580,215 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 12:19:14 AM 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 18, 2012 12:16:48 AM Ignore moonrocks Report Abuse Hopefully on their own initiative, without government subsidy. Good on ya.
rd2000 Champion Author Florida Posts:3,712 Points:714,695 Joined:Jul 2007	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 12:16:32 AM Ignore rd2000 Report Abuse good for them but at what cost
HailstormCA Champion Author San Diego Posts:7,955 Points:1,491,945 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 12:16:12 AM Ignore HailstormCA Report Abuse But will it fit into an engine compartment?
a14morfun Champion Author Ontario Posts:11,963 Points:2,101,015 Joined:Jul 2005	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 12:13:13 AM Ignore a14morfun Report Abuse nice going, Toyota
comprof Champion Author Houston Posts:7,009 Points:1,384,450 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 12:10:51 AM Ignore comprof Report Abuse Good for them. But at what cost? Are they not going to sell an extra 294 cars to the Chinese?
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LanguageMan1 Champion Author Tampa Posts:11,866 Points:1,689,490 Joined:Apr 2008	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2012 12:06:15 AM Ignore LanguageMan1 Report Abuse Well it's about time someone does.
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