--- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, you are, but its well hidden, so don't feel > bad. :-) Individual > internal combustion engines are not all efficient. > Large natural gas > plants are much more efficence, and environmentally > friendly. So, by using > fuel cells, and by producing hydrogen during off > peak hours, one can gain a > lot of efficiency, and lower pollution for the same > amount of automobile > usage. > > > The ways that I can think of to do this, are, > well, the exact same ways > we > > generate energy right now. > > I think I explained using the present system above. > And, there is always > the hope that people will accept nuclear power > again, and use that to > decrease pollution tremendously. > > Dan M.
OK, that makes sense. That was always why I thought electric cars were a fairly good idea, I should have just carried that chain of logic over to fuel cells. So I was also confused by the "zero-pollution economy" rhetoric, which I guess is not true. While (as you know) I wholeheartedly agree with you about nuclear power, I do wonder about your thoughts about how recent events might play a role into that. It is my understanding that global Uranium supplies are not all that vast - now, we've been hearing the same thing about oil for a century, so maybe it's the same thing. But if that is the case, then only using breeder reactors will allow us to use nuclear for the long-term. I would be in favor of that, except that breeder reactors tend to produce weapons grade material - and until we can be confident that the threat of mass terrorism has been relatively permanently defeated, that seems, unwise, I guess. So: 1. Do you think that the estimates that global Uranium supplies are limited are correct? and 2. If so (or even if not) what do you think about the breeder reactor problem? Gautam __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
