Re: [Biofuel] Short-range hydrogen

2004-10-21 Thread Bill Clark
] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 12:21 PM Subject: RE: [Biofuel] Short-range hydrogen Good for you Walt! And we at BioFuels Energy Corporation are the same. Because we understand the need for biofuels, we (a group of people who are mostly retired or semi-retired) have

RE: [Biofuel] Short-range hydrogen

2004-10-20 Thread Peggy
, October 12, 2004 10:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Short-range hydrogen At 09:56 AM 10/12/04 -0400, Steve wrote: Walt isn't being upfront about the system costs of a renewable system that can generate 30 miles per day of hydrogen. It's more than you will pay in fuel taxes in your

RE: [Biofuel] Short-range hydrogen

2004-10-14 Thread Johnston, Don
] Tel: 023 9283 4247 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 October 2004 17:06 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Short-range hydrogen Yes, there si a hydrogen fueling station being built (with taxpayers money

Re: [Biofuel] Short-range hydrogen

2004-10-14 Thread balaji
Hello Steve, - Original Message - From: Steve Spence [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 7:26 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Short-range hydrogen Walt isn't being upfront about the system costs of a renewable system that can generate 30 miles per day

Re: [Biofuel] Short-range hydrogen

2004-10-13 Thread Walt Patrick
Walt, If I charge an EV from my solar panels, I can go twice as far than If I used that electric to electrolyze hydrogen, compress it, and burn it in a fuel cell. Not to mention the costs involved with the electrolyzer, the compressor, and the fuel cell far outweigh the cost of an EV. Now why

Re: [Biofuel] Short-range hydrogen

2004-10-13 Thread sspence
I'm trying to clarify for others that hydrogen, although a neat science fair experiment, is nowhere near practical for transportation, as your posts would have led the uninformed to believe. Keep experimenting and have fun with it, but please don't recommend it as a viable fuel. = = =

Re: [Biofuel] Short-range hydrogen

2004-10-13 Thread Phillip Wolfe
Dear Spence, Well said, although I heard there is a hydrogen fueling station under construction in Bay Area, Californa. By the way, I am helping http://www.owec.com/ with an Ocean Wave Energy project. I am seeking DOE grants or other seed captial for this man. Does anyone know of special

Re: [Biofuel] Short-range hydrogen

2004-10-13 Thread sspence
Yes, there si a hydrogen fueling station being built (with taxpayers money) so Arnold has a place to fill up his hummer. That way he can pretend to be green . It cannot stand on it's own, fiscally. = = = Original message = = = Dear Spence, Well said, although I heard there is a hydrogen

Re: [Biofuel] Short-range hydrogen

2004-10-12 Thread Walt Patrick
Did you consider how many kWh it would have taken for that 30 miles on hydrogen, then compared how many miles that amount of kWh would have taken you on a pure EV? More than 60 miles .. But a vehicle with a range of 60 miles is of less utility to me than one which can do 30 miles on

Re: [Biofuel] Short-range hydrogen (was solar hydrogen)

2004-10-12 Thread Walt Patrick
Why do you not use ethanol instead or biodiesel if the truck is a diesel? Our primary interest is in converting wood waste into methanol. That involves generating H2 and CO, and being able to sweeten the mix in order to increase yield, hence our interest in ancillary ways to generate and use

Re: [Biofuel] Short-range hydrogen

2004-10-12 Thread Jonathan Dunlap
YES!!! You said my favorite word in the World! TAX-FREE People here in the US need to take note! Jonathan Walt Patrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 02:25 PM 10/11/04 -0400, you wrote: Did you consider how many kWh it would have taken for that 30 miles on hydrogen, then compared how many miles

Re: [Biofuel] Short-range hydrogen

2004-10-12 Thread Steve Spence
PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 11:11 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Short-range hydrogen YES!!! You said my favorite word in the World! TAX-FREE People here in the US need to take note! Jonathan Walt Patrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 02:25 PM 10/11/04 -0400, you wrote: Did you consider

Re: [Biofuel] Short-range hydrogen

2004-10-12 Thread Walt Patrick
Walt isn't being upfront about the system costs of a renewable system that can generate 30 miles per day of hydrogen. It's more than you will pay in fuel taxes in your lifetime. You're probably right, but so what? Everyone's situation is different, and therefore their options will

Re: [Biofuel] Short-range hydrogen

2004-10-12 Thread Hakan Falk
Walt, I like to design the kitchen and cook food, because I think it is fun and I like good tasting food. I will however recent any suggestions or thoughts on the line that make the whole world dependent on that I cook for them. If that would be the case, they would die of starvation. I

Re: [Biofuel] Short-range hydrogen

2004-10-12 Thread Greg Harbican
] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 10:58 Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Short-range hydrogen It's sort of like the need to distinguish between what one's going to have for dinner, and how one is going to manage their diet. You can get a McDonald's double-cheese burger for a buck a piece

Re: [Biofuel] Short-range hydrogen

2004-10-12 Thread Legal Eagle
time you will not have to go back and redo it in the future, providing you get an opportunity to do that. Luc - Original Message - From: Walt Patrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 10:58 Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Short-range hydrogen It's sort

Re: [Biofuel] Short-range hydrogen

2004-10-12 Thread Steve Spence
would I be so foolish to throw away my expensive and high quality PV electric in such a manner? Steve Spence http://www.green-trust.org - Original Message - From: Walt Patrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 12:58 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Short-range

[Biofuel] Short-range hydrogen (was solar hydrogen)

2004-10-11 Thread Walt Patrick
upon a time we had a Chevy Nova that we considered operating on hydrogen. Assuming that we stored the H2 in a series of small scuba-like tanks, we figured we could get about thirty miles before the H2 ran out. Initially, that was disappointing, but then we got to figuring that so long as

Re: [Biofuel] Short-range hydrogen (was solar hydrogen)

2004-10-11 Thread sspence
Did you consider how many kWh it would have taken for that 30 miles on hydrogen, then compared how many miles that amount of kWh would have taken you on a pure EV? More than 60 miles .. That's the whole point these folks are missing. It's not that it can't be done, it's that it shouldn't

Re: [Biofuel] Short-range hydrogen (was solar hydrogen)

2004-10-11 Thread robert luis rabello
Did you consider how many kWh it would have taken for that 30 miles on hydrogen, then compared how many miles that amount of kWh would have taken you on a pure EV? More than 60 miles .. That's the whole point these folks are missing. It's not that it can't be done, it's that it