There are a couple of problems with this, I don't expect that steam will
make a comeback, as direct to electricity is more
convenient. Then there's the waste CO(2) from using methane. I don't
see it as a problem but the global warming fanatics
will.
Cotty wrote:
On 28/4/06, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:
And
put more effort and money into finding & exploiting alternatives to petrol.
Side note: filmed at Oxford University last week, watched as methane I
think it was methane) was mixed with a catalyst to produce heat and
clean steam - at room temperature! Watch as steam makes a come-back in 5
to 10 years. Also - methane (definitely methane this time) was mixed
with a catalyst to produce pure hydrogen - at room temperature.
Previously this could only be achieved with hundreds of degrees C of heat.
The company with the patent on the catalysts is called Oxford Catalysts
and floated on the London Stock Exchange last week to raise £15million
to get going.
Expect fuel cell technology to take off in a very large way over the
coming few years. Prediction: in 10 years batteries will have gone the
way of film!
<http://www.oxfordcatalysts.com/>
Cheers,
Cotty
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