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''Off grid production on the HS2 project would be a nice showcase!!''
And the train propulsion power to be hydrogen.Germany and others doing that now.

Where will the nice new big factory be built?
A lot of the big factories which built industrial and marine diesels have been raised to the ground!

Also think of the carbon footprint generated from the manufacture of the batteries.
Reports I've read in the past few months calculated that a Mondeo type battery would generate 17 tons and a Range Rover at 35 tons of carbon. So a hybrid car is ADDING to the carbon emissions (initially) with a very slow recovery rate during its life (Where is breakeven mileage before we get a gain?)
I don't suppose our politicians will be at all bothered, because they now propose going fully electric buses by 2025.
Real ones or toys???

You don't have to go to Amaqzon to buy the Fuel Cell Hand book. It's all available free elsewhere.

A steady rise from 0.09 to 0.16 in three months is a nice steady rise and what I like. Just what to expect from evolving technology. A year at this rate equates to over 3 times your investment. Could be even higher soon. Ignore the bumps in the road.

Having just thoroughly reread the company's website, I just cannot see why its share price has come down so low and is struggling to grow. The feedstock is growing, the environmental problem has to be resolved, the science is known, the engineering has been sorted, existing plants are providing experience. What's not to like?

' a significant proportion of fools more interested in ridiculous concepts like navy backed passport, ridiculous Big Ben bongs, and wasted runs of independent 50p pieces'
Time being wasted on too much triumphalism in some quarters. We know who they are. I did suggest tolling the bell for a week but prefer to concentrate on sorting the real problems this change over will bring, it's not all plain sailing.

If we want to provide fuel cell propulsion power to the whole range of big ships we will eventually need to provide around 150,000 BHP (110,000KW) for container and cruise ships, not as much as the 200,000BHP of WW2 battleships in WW2, but plenty of thought and scope there. Battery sizes for six weeks of full power and hotel services would be virtually impossible.
With good regard for the environment perhaps our demands on power may be curbed in the future.
Food for thought.

I think I should stay here not slay here!

The whole hydrogen market has to accelerate development and sales. As one company's share price increases in a developing market others then follow and so on, like climbing a ladder, one at a time. Infrastructure development should also follow or all the equipment will be stuck in wharehouses and not sold. Nobody yet seriously addressing the heavy users of fuels; taxis,heavy transport, construction gear, ships, although all are showing some activity.
I'm slaying here, but could use some more cash for more companies in these disruptive technologies.

This technology is here to stay, the climate will change unless we take steps to stop it. Thank you to all those who are selling, it will enable me to buy at a lower price.

'I think wireless will take a good while to bed in, like wireless internet back in the day. One step at a time..'
My company was using induction charging in our pieces of kit 25 years ago and supplied the Royal Navy when it had 200 fighting ships and under strict radiation rules.
Glasgow wants to be first neutral carbon city in UK. Even HYDROGEN was mentioned. Hurrah
Lets get on with it instead of finding excuses.

'I think wireless will take a good while to bed in, like wireless internet back in the day. One step at a time..'

So we need to commission 2300 chargers a day for 30 years.
Whether we need electric charging points or hydrogen filling points, including a heavy hydrogen demand from trucks, buses, taxis, vans etc., the colossal production of CO2 in their manufacture(offset by what we currently make) will slow down the total reduction of CO2 for a few years.
So we better start now as quickly as we can, some people realise this, some don't.
Attenborough is right, as usual, and thank goodness he's talking about the whole world, not jusr Britain.
Any extra the hydrogen industry can build (and sell!!) not only helps solve the problem but hopefully lets us make a bigger profit.
The science is there, now we need to promote the awareness, the mathematics and the engineering.

'I was also told there would be a need for advertising consent if AFC logo was displayed as prominently on the side of the container.'
Really? No wonder this country can't get ahead. No wonder companies can't sell their products.
Vehicles don't have any problems. AFC will have to put small wheels and brakes on the containers, just like static caravans, or they could float it on a pond full of water.
I don't want to be like Trumpys america with well padded advert boards everwhere, but we do carry some things ridiculously far.

'I was also told there would be a need for advertising consent if AFC logo was displayed as prominently on the side of the container.'
Really? No wonder this country can't get ahead. No wonder companies can't sell their products.
Vehicles don't have any problems. AFC will have to put small wheels and brakes on the containers, just like static caravans, or they could float it on a pond full of water.
I don't want to be like Trumpys america with well padded advert boards everwhere, but we do carry some things ridiculously far.

Perhaps they are worried about too many orders if they publicise it too much and won't be able to fulfill the orders.
Or is everyone waiting for the more powerful versions. however they need cash to develop those.

Forget battery power, its weight, its construction CO2 emissions etc. and go for the hydrogen fuel cell, the logical ultimate system. It's been hanging around for 160 years. Now with recent developments and improvements and the increased warnings about the environment we can't hang around any longer.
I would have thought that with Ricardo concentration on technology, fuel cells would fit well with the Ricardo philosophy more so than a battery factory, if that's the way they want to go.

And we use petrol as a fuel?
So what is the flash point of petrol?
And what happens if petrol leaks? It pools around your feet!
BBC, stay away from technical comments, PLEASE.

' Battery vehicles will only be predominant for the next 20 or so years. Just think of all the energy needed to mine and transport the lithium and at end of life to recycle the batteries.. This never seems to get a mention from the promoters of battery power.'
Searching the web it appears that an average car power battery emits about 12 tons of CO2 during its manufacture and weighs about 0.5tonne which needs carrying around all the time (Tesla's battery emits 17 tons during its manufacture - US never was efficient in car weight/fuel efficiency/size!!). You have to allow some of that off for zero to full liquid fuel and engine weight.
Small norwegian electric ferry battery weight 10 tons.
Scale that up for electric aircraft, you would need a hydrogen balloon to lift the aircraft! (LOL)
I think I'll stay with electroliser/fuel cell/electric systems thanks