RE:RE:RE:RE:Nasdaq/TSX?Maxmoe, loved your 'rfn'. Okay, three constants, first two we joke about, the third, is change. From 1890 to around 1920 electic cars were competitive, ie, they were a success, with sales in the U.S. peaking in 1910. In the U.K., during WW1, a third of the trucks on the road were electric....( why ? )...men were fighting, women were holding industry together, including driving trucks...and electric trucks don't use gear shifts/double clutching etc., so a quicker way to get more drivers.
After 1920 electric vehicles clung to specialty roles, milk 'route' trucks in U.K., etc. Not disputing your point, just saying they were not a failure, though the gasoline engine's advantages won the day...till now, and now there are changes. 'Winners' are only 'temporarily' winners, like early electric and steam driven vehicles.
Ballard, or the use of hydrogen in fuel cells, is heading up up up imo. China currently has 9000 fc buses, heading to 50k by 2025....suggesting that in larger 'constant' use vehicles fc costs are acceptable ( even economic ? ). We can be fairly confident that the more focus and $$ we put on fuel cells, and the more we produce, the cheaper they'll become, and then the wider the range of vehicles that will be using them. Btw, N.A's almost total failure to encourage fc in larger commercial vehicles is notable.....will we be importing them from China in a few years ??
Not that gasoline engines are over, constant changes there too. One that interests me is liquidPiston, no money in it, but wow. And there are others.
You are obviously an old dog at this Maxmoe; thanks for your thoughful response.