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xtraxritical

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5. Hydrogen has considerably more "octane" than any hydrocarbon fuel.

Reply to saras (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 9, 2012, 02:03 PM

Mar 2012

Burning the hydrogen directly gives way more "bang for the buck" than converting it to hydrocarbon and the end result after burning is pure H2O, water. I hope these researchers are getting federal R&D grant money (yes, just like Solyndra).

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Nanotrees Harvest the Sun’s Energy to Turn Water into Hydrogen Fuel [View all] OKIsItJustMe Mar 2012 OP

The next step - get something to add CO2 and make hydrocarbons saras Mar 2012 #1

Yes, that’s sort of the next step OKIsItJustMe Mar 2012 #2

Unless the next step is ethanol, in which case they may get distracted and forget the NEXT step... saras Mar 2012 #3

In the long run… OKIsItJustMe Mar 2012 #4

Hydrogen has considerably more "octane" than any hydrocarbon fuel. xtraxritical Mar 2012 #5