On Sun, 22 Sep 2002 12:05:23 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: >That would seem to indicate that ASSUMING (and it is a >big assumption) that if the "Hydrogen Economy" starts >(regardless because-of-us or in-spite-of-us) ... we >need to develop more bound-chemical means of storing >H2. Like within methanol ... of hydride ... or that >Borax "Natrium" thing ... or WHATEVER. > >At least that way .. at any one time "at 3AM" (while >the world sleeps) ... there isn't as much H2 just >going "DUH" pressurized in a tank/pipeline. Asking to >escape.
Exactly. However, in order for this to be a valid way to avoid the dreaded (not yet proven I think) H2 depletion problem, I think it would have to be shown that when the H2 is separated from the bound-chemical method of storage, it does not escape during the brief period. For example, if methanol is reformed on board a car, how much time before it is used? Does any H2 escape? If unbound H2 would escape, I would think it would be dramatically reduced from the worst-case scenario I painted with all this stored H2 lying around, gradually seeping H2 to be lost to space, but perhaps it might still be a problem. Not to say I feel certain of any of this, but since I've seen no disccussion of some of it, I'm just presenting what I've been thinking about. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Plan to Sell a Home? http://us.click.yahoo.com/J2SnNA/y.lEAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
