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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-26-04 06:26 PM Original message |
Vast New Energy Source Almost Here: Solar Hydrogen Fuel Dream |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-26-04 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. There's a lot of "potential" and "almost" in their claims. But it |
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Q3JR4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-26-04 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. Hopefully they're not talking about "pure" water. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-28-04 06:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. No fresh water needed................... |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-26-04 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. Will Soon Be A Reality, Australian Scientists Predict |
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movonne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-26-04 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. Oil companies will have something to say about this. NO, NO, NO. |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-26-04 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
5. Fuel cells have been around for a century |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-26-04 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
6. Good idea! But hydrogen has some pitfalls that need to be resolved |
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Bruce McAuley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-26-04 07:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Just needs a special tank |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-26-04 09:05 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I imagine a stainless steel exhaust system would be nice. |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-27-04 08:55 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Hydrogen safety |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-27-04 03:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I don't think that hydrogen is particularly safe in most applications. |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-27-04 05:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Hydrogen not good as a ICE fuel? Is Gasoline particularly "safe?" |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-27-04 06:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. gasoline is a larger molecule, and you don't have to pressurize it |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-27-04 06:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Thank you. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-27-04 06:38 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I advocate manufacturing hydrocarbon fuels |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-27-04 09:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. I don't have any links. |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-28-04 01:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. (I)nternal (C)ombustion (E)ngines (ICE) |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-28-04 06:40 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. efficiency of using hydrogen directly |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-28-04 07:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Grant me a little sarcastic leeway? |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-29-04 06:58 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I'm fifty two years old and having been hearing about the hydrogen |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-29-04 02:15 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Low-Pressure Storage Is Not The Only Option |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-29-04 09:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. You will find no argument with me on the toxicity of gasoline and its |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-29-04 11:42 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Dubious Paradigm: Why Transport Mega-quantities of Hydrogen? |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-26-04 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
8. There already is a cool "catalyst" for splitting water. |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-27-04 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
10. Direct Link |
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