Gasoline Distribution System in China
admchengho bbs.chinadaily.com.cn  Updated: 2005-09-05 09:47

"Once the gasoline distribution system is established then it will be very difficult for China to shift over to the hydrogen system. There will be tremendous resistance from owners of gasoline stations and gasoline refiners and oil companies. The political pressure to retain the gasoline system will be impossible to overcome. The current opposition to fuel cell comes from these people and is the real reason why fuel cell is not being implemented in advanced countries."

The above is an excerpt from Mr. Liang's article.

Ultimately, most countries would want to "completely" break free from reliance on oil for their economic and political freedom.

Citing a report: Because of growth in vehicles use, even if every single vehicles in the US was a hybrid by 2025, we would still need to import as much oil as we import today. We need a permanent solution.

And that final solution would be the coming of fuel cell technologies. The advent of fuel cell will also eliminate environmental pollutions because technically speaking, it is the cleanest form of energy.
[A Proposed Solution]

"For its own economic independence China must prepare to shift over to fuel cell/hydrogen system immediately. Production of fuel cell cars could start from 2010. By 2015 all gasoline cars should no longer be produced. By 2025 there will be no more gasoline cars in China. By 2015 35% of all cars will be fuel cell. By 2020 80% to 90% of all cars will be fuel cell. China must follow this schedule or it will suffer tremendous economic losses when an extensively established gasoline refining and distribution system is junked to be replaced by a hydrogen distribution system"
by Mr. Liang.

If China does not start developing its own fuel cell technologies now, by the time the world uses hydrogen, China would be left far behind because of the need to waste money importing oil whilst advanced countries will have more money to focus on other areas of development. Especially so in the Age of Space Exploration. At that point of time, China will once again be facing dilemma and will be forced to make concessions like the state-owned bankings are doing now to gain assistance to help it resolve oil crisis.

So, let's ask ourself again. What kind of future China wants? Rely on imported oil or energy independence?

I think, the first proactive step we would want to hear is China's car manufacturers reporting their progress on fuel cell developments and see them rolling out prototypes.

The above content represents the view of the author only.

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