Challenging that dream opens the door to the future.
Over 40 percent of the world's sugar cane is produced in Asia. And ethyl alcohol extracted from sugar cane can be used as fuel for cars. That' right, gasoline is not the only thing that can power automobiles. At Honda, we've been examining a whole range of alternative energy sources as part of our drive to build the ultimate clean car. And those we've studied, the one that stands out is hydrogen.
The world hydrogen is derived from the Greek hydro (water) and genes (forming), so hydrogen actually means 'water forming'. At just one fourteenth the density of air, hydrogen does not exist as a free gas on Earth. But it is found in over 70 percent of substance around us: in the water we use every day, in natural gas, and even in garbage. In other words, hydrogen is plentiful and found in any number of things.
What's more, hydrogen used to generate electricity in a fuel cell produces no harmful by products. Unlike the burning of gasoline or natural gas, the only by-product of spent hydrogen is water. Better still, this water can be reused to generate more hydrogen. In short, hydrogen is an extremely efficient energy source: it is clean, can be made from a wide variety of substances, and also regenerated.
The fact is, regeneration of hydrogen from water makes it parts of an endless flow, an inexhaustible energy source. Power vehicles with clean energy that never runs out ... that's one of Honda's dreams, currently embodied in the FCX fuel cell electric vehicle acar that leaves nothing behind but water.
Challenge is what drives us to turn dreams into reality.
And at Honda, we love challenges.
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Reader's Digest, December 2006
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