Re: Hydrogen is not a fuel!

2003-10-14 Thread Les Schaffer
nuclear reactions. We earthlings are not so lucky. As described in Joan Ogden's Hydrogen: The Fuel of the Future? in the same issue (page 69), the centerpiece of the present US Department of Energy plan to improve vehicle technology apparently involves a fuel-cell-powered vehicle

Re: Hydrogen is not a fuel!

2003-10-14 Thread Shane Mage
to support nuclear reactions. We earthlings are not so lucky. As described in Joan Ogden's Hydrogen: The Fuel of the Future? in the same issue (page 69), the centerpiece of the present US Department of Energy plan to improve vehicle technology apparently involves a fuel-cell-powered

Hydrogen is not a fuel!

2003-10-13 Thread Eugene Coyle
Mike Ballard, I usually find your views dead-on but I think you are off here in a couple of dimensions. First, hydrogen is not a fuel. It is a storage medium for energy extracted from other fuels -- whether wind or nuclear or whatever. Mike Ballard wrote: Hydrogen is useful because

Re: Hydrogen is not a fuel!

2003-10-13 Thread Shane Mage
Title: Re: Hydrogen is not a fuel! Eugene Coyle wrote: ...hydrogen is not a fuel. It is a storage medium for energy extracted from other fuels -- whether wind or nuclear or whatever. On the contrary, hydrogen is the energy source provided by virtually all the fuels in current use--petroleum

Re: Hydrogen is not a fuel!

2003-10-13 Thread Mike Ballard
Hi Eugene, --- Eugene Coyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First, hydrogen is not a fuel. It is a storage medium for energy extracted from other fuels -- whether wind or nuclear or whatever. Hydrogen can be burned. It is an element. It can be extracted from water. http://www.hionsolar.com/n