governor Murphy's energy master plan

would put New Jersey on a path to be

powered by 100% clean energy by the year

2050 eliminating vehicle emissions by

replacing gasoline with hydrogen fuel

cells could be a start but does the

state have the infrastructure to address

peril and promise the challenge of

climate change

Raven Santana reports this may look like

any other Honda on the road but it isn't

underneath the hood of this hydrogen

powered car is an engine that burns zero

fossil fuels and produces zero pollution

as you know we have nearly 2,000 miles

of coastline here in New Jersey

therefore we are particularly vulnerable

to the effects of climate change and I

think probably most of us have lived

through superstorm sandy so we

understand how urgent it is to act and

the consequences of failing to act so

this is the cure for the disease not the

treatment we no longer have any more

time left a lot of sciences climate

scientists say that we've already

reached critical mass this is the only

technology that will turn the ship

around and go the other way think about

putting only pure water in your

environment heat a little electricity

and pure oxygen back into the air that

planet will heal itself

representatives from Honda and Toyota

testified last week at a joint committee

hearing to support the use of fuel cell

technology like hydrogen cars in our

state fuel cell vehicles contain what's

referred to as a fuel cell stack which

unlike battery electric vehicles

generates the electricity on board

through an electrochemical reaction to

power the vehicle you'll sell vehicles

contain hydrogen tanks that store the

hydrogen necessary for this to take

place and the only by-product as we've

heard today is water of the five

hydrogen stations either operating or

under construction in the Northeast

Toyota representatives say two are being

developed in Lodi and Whippany one of

the biggest challenges discussed at the

meeting was how the state could provide

funding to support infrastructure for

hydrogen powered cars are your members

prepared either with the tax incentives

or not to to develop these charging

stations for hydrogen just as we see the

you know the big wah was for instance

putting in electric charging stations on

their site I would I would be able to

answer that question has no they are not

prepared to generate hydrogen but I

believe I am moving them closer to sell

hydrogen not to generate it another big

concern is that although we can build

these fuel cells today they're very

expensive they're based on very

expensive materials is why they're

expensive and so there has to be some

development which the state might build

to push forward in the area finding less

expensive materials that could be used

to carry out the process currently

Toyota Honda and Hyundai seller lease

hydrogen powered cars

Toyota's newest model the Mirai will

cost about 57 thousand dollars at least

for now all three automakers are

throwing in free hydrogen refueling

cards worth an average of $15,000 in

Trenton Raven Santana NJTV news

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