What is exciting about getting hydrogen from methane using a solar concentrator,when you can run methane/hydrocarbons over hot (800 C) carbon to do the same thing? The highly exothermic Carbon-Carbon bonds of Lamp Black does the rest. A Quantum Leap to go to split the 4.52 eV H-OH and 5.2 eV H-O bonds of water. As to storage of cheap hydrogen, reacting it with CO2 to make methanol to use in ICEs and fuel cells is the most practical near-term option.
3 H2 + CO2 <---> CH3OH + H2O The energy losses are offset by practicality. Frederick http://www.shec-labs.com/press/releases/2005Jun1press.php > [Original Message] > From: Alex Caliostro > > >From: "Jones Beene" > > >Isn't it ironic that Canada, which has so much potential oil (tar > >sands) and so little sun - has become a dynamic leader in this > >pursuit? > > yes and it appears the rush to alternative energy and talk of peak oil have > scared someone > > "Oil reserves are double previous estimates, says Saudi > By Saeed Shah > Published: 28 September 2005 > Saudi Arabia, the biggest oil producer, and Exxon Mobil, the largest oil > company, yesterday declared that the world had decades' worth of oil to > come, in an attempt to calm fears about the record prices experienced in > recent weeks. > > Forming a powerful alliance, the Saudi oil minister Ali al-Naimi said, at an > industry conference in Johannesburg, that the country would soon almost > double its "proven" reserve base, while Exxon's president, Rex Tillerson, > spoke of 3 trillion or more barrels of oil that are yet to be recovered." > > continued at > > http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article315546.ece > > _____ > -alex > > _________________________________________________________________ > FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar get it now! > http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/
