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Turbineguy

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1. Interesting.

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Sat May 18, 2019, 08:40 PM

May 2019

As someone who has run saltwater distillers for years, I think that separating hydrogen from seawater by electrolysis would be nearly impossible as a practical matter, although it might be useful as an inefficient way to mine gold or obtain other minerals.

Also I think having stored hydrogen in cars akin to using dynamite to propel a car saying, "oh, we have a method of controlling the reaction so that it will be nice and slow!"

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A Detailed Thermodynamic Accounting of Yet Another Wind to Hydrogen Scheme. [View all] NNadir May 2019 OP

Interesting. Turbineguy May 2019 #1

My feeling is that future generations are going to need to get materials from diffuse... NNadir May 2019 #3

Eye opening stuff... Mersky May 2019 #2

Thank you for reading. I appreciate your kind words. NNadir May 2019 #4

Thanks...I've needed to look up and out for the bigger ideas Mersky May 2019 #5

The dumbest questions are the ones you don't ask. NNadir May 2019 #6