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Cleaning the air and improving health with hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles.
Science. 2005 Jun 24; 308(5730):1901-5.Sci

Abstract

Converting all U.S. onroad vehicles to hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles (HFCVs) may improve air quality, health, and climate significantly, whether the hydrogen is produced by steam reforming of natural gas, wind electrolysis, or coal gasification. Most benefits would result from eliminating current vehicle exhaust. Wind and natural gas HFCVs offer the greatest potential health benefits and could save 3700 to 6400 U.S. lives annually. Wind HFCVs should benefit climate most. An all-HFCV fleet would hardly affect tropospheric water vapor concentrations. Conversion to coal HFCVs may improve health but would damage climate more than fossil/electric hybrids. The real cost of hydrogen from wind electrolysis may be below that of U.S. gasoline.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Jacobson MZ
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-4020, USA. jacobson@stanford.edu
Colella WG
No affiliation info available
Golden DM
No affiliation info available

MeSH

Air PollutionClimateComputer SimulationCosts and Cost AnalysisEnergy-Generating ResourcesFossil FuelsGasolineGreenhouse EffectHealthHumansHydrogenMortalityMotor VehiclesSmogVehicle EmissionsWind

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

Language

eng

PubMed ID

15976300

Citation

Jacobson, M Z., et al. "Cleaning the Air and Improving Health With Hydrogen Fuel-cell Vehicles." Science (New York, N.Y.), vol. 308, no. 5730, 2005, pp. 1901-5.
Jacobson MZ, Colella WG, Golden DM. Cleaning the air and improving health with hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles. Science. 2005;308(5730):1901-5.
Jacobson, M. Z., Colella, W. G., & Golden, D. M. (2005). Cleaning the air and improving health with hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles. Science (New York, N.Y.), 308(5730), 1901-5.
Jacobson MZ, Colella WG, Golden DM. Cleaning the Air and Improving Health With Hydrogen Fuel-cell Vehicles. Science. 2005 Jun 24;308(5730):1901-5. PubMed PMID: 15976300.
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