We've been talking about fuel cells as in "hydrogen powered fuel cells"
that only produce water as a waste by product which on paper looks
great. Only in reality it doesn't work because there isn't a practical
method of producing hydrogen in usable form and storing it in sufficient
quantities to drive your auto a reasonable distance before having to
refuel. How many days go by before we refuel with gasoline? One week?
How would you like to stop at the hydrogen station everyday to fill up?
Basically, hydrogen as a fuel for mobile vehicles sucks! Barring some
major scientific breakthrough of course!
jeff.lane wrote:
Fuel cells are a very good alternative and should be practically
available in the near future.
Jeff
----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Fisk"
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On Wed, 17 Aug 2005, Ben Ruset wrote:
A few years ago BMW showed off a 5 series that ran off water. It
cracked the water into hydrogen within the car itself.
Of course that tech won't ever see the light of day. :(
This doesn't make sense. It takes energy to split water into Oxygen
and hydrogen. To then burn that hydrogen to power the car is just a
waste of energy. Why not just use the energy used to crack the water
to power the car? There is no such thing as a perpetual motion
machine =)
Christopher Fisk
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