Mack, David wrote: > Trevor (with Dave Croft's assistance) commented: > >>> Hi Folks, >>> I was surprised not to see any comments about this nb here, see: >> > <http://www.newscentre.bham.ac.uk/press/2007/09/Hydrogen_Barge_Launch_21 > _9_07.shtml> > > I seem to remember some comment when this first came out - but it may > have been on one of the other mailing lists/forums. > > There's more info and a picture at > <http://www.hydrogen.bham.ac.uk/protium.htm>
And what makes the hydrogen ---- Power stations burning fossil fuel.... Thus instead of one convert of Diesel to Motion we have.... Power Station ---- Convert to Hydrogen --- Convert to Electricity --- Convert to Motion I wonder which one is more efficient.... I've lost count of the number of thread on sci.chem and similar about hydrogen vehicles. At the end of the day the hydrogen is just a system for power transfer, with all the losses at each stage. Ideally they would like a nice simple battery which could power a car for hours and be recharged in 10 mins - it doesn't exist, and probably never will... So we get these indirect systems, and will keep getting them until something goes wrong, I suspect - it always takes an "incident" to focus the minds (hydrogen is the *only* pressurized gas that if vented can burst into flames without any ignition source - just thought I would toss that idea in...) Ron Jones Process Safety & Development Specialist Don't repeat history, unreported chemical lab/plant near misses at http://www.crhf.org.uk Only two things are certain: The universe and human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe. ~ Albert Einstein
