"Steve Firth" wrote in message
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Jon Porter wrote:

The gas used is hydrogen, not methane. It is held in tanks in the roof.

then why are TFL telling the public that they are fuelled by natural
gas?

TFL did not purchase the buses.

Then why are TFL telling the public that *they* paid 3 million quid for
these buses?

They were provided by external financing and my own employers are part
of
the trial that is also taking place in other UK

Your employers are to be commended for the insanity of their proposals.

Would they care to tell people where the hydrogen to power the buses is
coming from? Or do they just want to pretend that it is made from magic
moonbeams?

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One has to start somewhere, however the latest advances indicate that
hydrogen production from a plants/sugar/alcohol in a low temperature process
using a catalyst of nickel and tin is possible on an industrial scale and is
greenhouse gas neutral at the point of production. Platinum can also be used
as a catalyst but it is far more expensive. The basic raw material can be
harvested or can be a by- product from food production. Magic Moonbeams are
not mentioned in the research papers, however if you feel they may be
relevant please put us in touch with your supplier. For the moment we have
to rely on BP. The production emissions certainly being no worse than diesel
fuel, and certainly a lot cleaner at point of use
TFL press release list all the interested parties/companies taking part. The
total cost of all the vehicles is 3 million and not all are in London. there
are nine EEC cities in the trial. I have not read/heard anything by TFL
saying they had paid for the buses, and I have been following developments
closely
My employers are to be commended for their efforts in this area and they
plainly state the origin of the hydrogen and the method used to produce it
in all the press releases. At least they are doing something to advance this
technology and not sniping with inaccurate comment at the sidelines. Let's
see how things pan out at the end of the trials and with the hydrogen
production research currently taking place in the USA and Germany.