How the Hydrogen Car Works

December 18, 2024  •  EPISODE 244

Join Roger Billings on Science LIVE as he breaks down the fascinating technology behind hydrogen-powered cars. Learn how water is split into hydrogen and oxygen through electrolysis, how hydrogen fuel cells generate clean energy, and why hydrogen cars are a powerful step toward a sustainable future.

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Dr. Roger Billings is a visionary innovator whose work has touched the lives of millions of students and transformed the landscape of education. Widely known as “DrB” to the countless kids who benefit from his groundbreaking Acellus learning system, Dr. Billings has dedicated his life to advancing education through technology. As part of DrB’s lifelong commitment to supporting education, Science LIVE was launched as a way to “give back” by mentoring students in conjunction with the Roger Billings Scholarship Program.


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350 Comments

  1. Saskia

    This would be so beneficial for the environment!

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  2. Laci

    wow!!!!

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  3. Reed

    I absolutely love the hydrogen car. science live makes Wednesday my favorite day of the week. thank you all lots of love!

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  4. Kali

    I want to buy a hydrogen car

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  5. Noah

    Interesting! I love science

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  6. Amilicia

    Thank you so much for thoroughly explaining everything.

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  7. Joeli

    This is so cool!

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  8. Derek

    it was fun to learn about hydrogen car

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  9. Tommy

    I wish I could make something like that one day

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  10. Keith

    It truly is amazing how far automobiles have advanced.

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  11. Eliza

    when was the hydrogen car created?

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  12. Eason

    I enjoyed learning about hydrogen today!

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  13. Yoab

    So is it possible to use Hydrogen as a battery for electronic devices? It would conserve energy throughout the country, if not the world.

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  14. Ruby

    how much would it cost to BUY a hydrogen car and maintain it????????

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  15. Anna

    An awesome showing of the periodic table.

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  16. Mina

    hydrogen cars are so interesting!!

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  17. Autumn

    When was the hydrogen car created?

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  18. Leah

    woah!!

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  19. Mckenna

    Electricity is definitely an interesting topic, a lot happens because of it.

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  20. Dylan

    I didn’t know that electricity is in our bodies thank you for teaching that.😊😊🙂🙂📡📡📡

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  21. Nevaeh

    hydrogen cars are soo cool and interesting!

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  22. Fatima

    Hydrogen Cars are really interesting.

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  23. Jazelyn

    Hydrogen cars is such a smart invention!

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  24. Jade

    The hydrogen car is very interesting!

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  25. Karsyn

    Hydrogen car is really neat

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  26. Mira

    Could you purify water with a hydrogen fuel cell?

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  27. Jayden

    The idea of this sounds fascinating.

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  28. Deanna

    A little hydrogen car on the shop would be so awesome! I would definitely love to make one of those at home

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  29. Aaron

    Hydrogen cars make so much sense. Love these lectures

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  30. Amelia

    yeah when r-51 said that I fell over laughing 😂🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😉

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  31. Deion

    Learning about electricity is fun!!

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  32. Kade

    I wonder if hydrogen cars will ever become something that is seen often?

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  33. Antonio

    When R-51 said what is that? it really cracked me up! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂

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  34. Lourdes

    I want to see a Hydrogen car in real life!

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  35. Eduardo

    Wow amazing 🤩

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  36. Jackson

    im exited to see the future of hydrogen cars

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  37. Josie

    It’s cool that hydrogen can run a car

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  38. Jaylen

    Do you think Hydrogen cars will become more popular

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  39. Jerry

    I Love Hydrogen!!!

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  40. Tammer

    A hydrogen car would be very cool.

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  41. Sophie

    I hope these cars will continue to progress and eventually become part of daily life and help the environment!

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  42. Cora

    I wonder if hydrogen cars will become a popular thing in the future.

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  43. Mackenzie

    I like the hydrogen car

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  44. Andrew

    Inside a hydrogen car is fascinating.

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  45. Dillen

    Hydrogen is Awesome! hope for more

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  46. Spencer

    Very cool. Maybe there will be more hydrogen cars in the future.

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  47. Simone

    Hydrogen!

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  48. Neasha

    i hope hydrogen powered cars will be common in the future.

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  49. Jakobe

    Can you put the little hydrogen car in the acellus store?

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  50. Felix

    Hi DrB, Toyota has given up on hydrogen fuel-cell car. I hope we’ll see another one here in CA.

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  51. Kayla

    I’m happy the hydrogen car can potentially reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help our environment!

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  52. Alivia

    It’s so amazing that hydrogen can run a car.

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  53. Shannon

    I didn’t know that that hydrogen can run a car, it was interesting to learn how they work.

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  54. Kylie

    Do you think hydrogen cars will replace gas cars eventually?

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  55. Milea

    Very neat!

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  56. Kevin

    I always found hydrogen cars very neat. If I had to choose I would probably have a hydrogen car over an electric.

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  57. Elias

    Cars that run on hydrogen will probably be very common in the future

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  58. Jacoby

    Super interesting! I never knew hydrogen can run a car

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  59. Campbell

    How long does it take to make a hydrogen car?

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  60. Makai

    Who knew that cooking was a science. I never thought of it that way. My brother likes to build Lego push cars. Our bodies are electric? I can see this is your passion of Hydrogen.

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  61. Grace

    I’m sure in the future we will see many hydrogen cars!

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  62. Zoe

    It is very interesting to learn about how the hydrogen car works.

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  63. Edan

    I only thought cars ran on diesel and gas. Maybe batteries?

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  64. Brinley

    I didnt know cars could run off of hydrogen and not gas

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  65. Makai

    Cars are complicated to understand. are there going to be an electron station or hydrogen station eventually. You should team up with Elon Musk. battery powered motor that spuel steam water. Who would be able to afford these types of car?

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  66. Zane

    Amazing concept!

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  67. Aiden

    Would be amazing to see hydrogen cars driving down the road

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  68. Ian

    vroom vroom lol

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  69. Skyler

    I didn’t know cars could run on hydrogen.

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  70. Carter

    I didn’t know cars could run on hydrogen.

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  71. Isabella

    Hydrogen is Awesome!

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  72. Benaiah

    I love how the Hydrogen car’s engine worked.

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  73. Nehemiah

    Wow hydrogen cars are soo cool!!!!!!!!

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  74. Zachary

    It is amazing how you a use hydrogen to power car, that would be fascinating to drive and use!!

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  75. Ryker

    Hydrogen cars are so interesting, I wish I had one!

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  76. Syncere

    Wow, Hydrogen car! We are in the future!

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  77. Chance

    I learned something new about hydrogen and cars.

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  78. Preston

    I didn’t know hydrogen can do that to a car.

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  79. Gracelyn

    hydrogen car?? I’d never heard of that til now!!

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  80. Mana

    I didn’t know that we can power a car by using hydrogen. It is so cool! I liked it because it doesn’t harm nature like gasoline. So it’s eco friendly and safe.

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  81. Pacin

    Dr. Billings is full of passion on hydrogen car. It is very interesting to hear and learn about it. When would a hydrogen car be on sale, I would really consider to get one.

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  82. Ayame

    Can I drive a hydrogen car when I grow up?

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  83. Kidus

    This was amazing but can a car run on nitrogen? or any other elements?

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  84. Lillian

    I think that hydrogen cars sound so efficient and sound like they would do very well when the bad things are worked out and run well then everybody will be driving them.

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  85. Jackson

    It would be amazing if we could find a way to harness static electricity to power everything.

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  86. Jonathan

    hydrogen cars are so cool

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  87. Mason

    I made a hydrogen generator myself.

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  88. Madisyn

    So inspirational

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  89. Calogero

    I wish I had one

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  90. Abigail

    This is really interesting! I love how Dr John and Dr Tobias explain it so clearly!

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  91. Leilah

    Enjoyed learning how hydrogen works.

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  92. Julian

    I didn’t think that hydrogen can power cars, it’s a little crazy

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  93. Mazzy

    This is so inspiring

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  94. Julius

    how do you calculate voltage?

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  95. Brianna

    I enjoyed learning about the hydrogen car!

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  96. Rho

    It would be so cool to have a hydrogen car

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  97. Jade

    You idea was so inspiring

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  98. Oscar

    Will there be cars sold that run on nitrogen?Dr. Billings is awesome!

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  99. Brayden

    amazing

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  100. Nick/her

    I find it so fascinating that he was able to create an actual working vehicle with simply hydrogen. very cool!

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  101. Amelia

    It would be cool it all cars ran on hydrogen

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  102. Khloe

    Wow! I loved this!

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  103. Ally

    There is many things you have to have to make a hydrogen car run.

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  104. Scarlet

    Could hydrogen engines be used for things like trains, planes, or boats?

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  105. Elisiyana

    His groundbreaking invention of a hydrogen-powered vehicle is so extraordinary!

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  106. Ryleigh

    Loved it

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  107. Braylon

    SWEET!

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  108. Nellie

    I’ll take a hydrogen car in pink!

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  109. Madi

    Having a car that runs off of hydrogen is so cool.

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  110. Creston

    Way to go for future hydrogen cars!

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  111. Clamon

    This is one of my favorite videos ever

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  112. Avarie

    Hydrogen cars! wow, where can one buy one lol

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  113. Gabriel

    Hydrogen powered cars are so cool, I can’t wait for them to become more widespread! They’d definitely help with pollution!

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  114. Ezra

    this is so cool but…. can a car run on nitrogen?

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  115. Kerra

    interesting

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  116. Hope

    It was pretty cool to see how this all works

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  117. Keegan

    Electricity is cool

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  118. Perseus

    I love Hydrogen videos!!!

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  119. Avner

    This is fascinating!

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  120. Emily

    I would love to have a hydrogen vehicle. I love this!

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  121. Varvara

    very cool, thanks!!

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  122. Ranulph

    I love this!!!

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  123. Ranulph

    I love this!!!

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  124. Zen

    It’s so cool that he invented something like that. Truly innovative

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  125. Ashton

    R-51!

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  126. Tyler

    hydrogen is crazy cool!

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  127. Barrett

    Where do i get a hydrogen car?

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  128. Tymari

    It takes a lot to make a hydrogen car work.

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  129. Matthew

    Awesome Video. Can’t wait to see more

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  130. Caleb

    Great video! I love learning about hydrogen energy.

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  131. Kiayonna

    That was fun.

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  132. Andrew

    Wow a hydrogen car

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  133. Rosie

    Wow:) that was very cool!

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  134. Rachael

    That was so fun for me I like it.

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  135. Hailey

    Are you excited for Spring!

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  136. Osiris

    r 51 is the best

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  137. Ashtyn

    What stood out to me was the hydrogen cars.

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  138. Riley

    I like the joke about not driving an electric car down a dead end street!

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  139. E

    Awesome Possum!!

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  140. Johnny

    So cool.😄😄😄😄

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  141. Aden

    This is really cool. I learned a lot.

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  142. Natalia

    lol these are so fun to watch hydrogen is so cool

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  143. Natalia

    R-51 is so funny

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  144. Kennedy

    Very cool!

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  145. Amanda

    Didn’t know the Hydrogen system could last that long! So cool!

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  146. Megan

    Can’t wait to see what happens next time

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  147. Rebecca

    I like your fuel cell invention and how it all works is very clever idea that you made.

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  148. Gabrielle

    R-51 yelling for Ms.Pajet’s help was so funny! I love R-51!

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  149. Jackson

    Interesting live. Makes you wonder about the future

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  150. Jayden

    This was a cool lesson. I didn’t know how much longer battery life was. I wonder if gas will be a thing of the past.

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  151. Jared

    Will this be used for planes too? Maybe it’ll help costs be lower. Cool lesson.

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  152. Kevin

    I love how you tell us how we have electricity in my body I really did not know that.?!

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  153. Isla

    Interesting topic!

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  154. Julia

    such an interesting video loved it!!

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  155. Kayla

    It is so amazing to me how Dr. Roger Billings had this wonderful idea and started making it into a reality at such a young age and is now helping people all over with his ideas.

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  156. Henry

    It’s crazy how long the hydrogen system can last!

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  157. Audrey

    This is an awesome live!!

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  158. Yusuf

    nice

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  159. Christine

    Do you think Dr.b could do the same thing with a train or a plane??🤔😁🚃✈️ Thanks for the cool lesson!♥️

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  160. Levi

    I liked learning about electricity. It was interesting to find out that humans nervous system and brain use electricity.

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  161. Gracelyn

    wowww!

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  162. Caysen

    i want ONE!!!!!!

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  163. Claire

    what are the different advantages behind hydrogen cars comared to eletric cars like tesla?
    also
    what happens if there is too much hydrogen powering the car, would it blow up?

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  164. Conor

    I liked Malachi he is so funny and the Ventioneering club it is fun

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  165. Barrett

    It’s interesting how hydrogen cars work. I wonder how much they get paid to work on them.

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  166. Tino

    So cool!

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  167. Laci

    woah!

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  168. Eva

    That was so cool!!!! I learned a lot and really enjoyed this video!!

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  169. Hannah

    Very clear!

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  170. Maddy

    Very Cool

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  171. Rebekah

    every video i learn something new!

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  172. Princess

    Hydrogen is a gas that Mr. Billings used to make the first hydrogen car. But I always remembered Hydrogen is not H2O (water). Gases like fossil fuel are not good for the environment. Also I have a question:
    Can hydrogen power trains and airplanes?
    This video was beneficial to my mind. Thank you so much for making these videos!

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  173. Payton

    Hopeful Hydrogen cars are the future!

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  174. Connor

    Wow!! So cool!

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  175. Lauren

    Wow!

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