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Re:Ethanol Facts, Car Mods - 2008/05/02 11:02 Hydrogen fuel is a good idea in theory. The problem is that to generate hydrogen gas, water needs to be hydrolysed and this process takes more energy than is available in the hydrogen itself. What this means? If hydrogen was used on a large scale then it would create a power imbalance, and this imbalance would require an alternative power source simply to break even. Cars and the like would lower their carbon emissions but somewhere along the line either more carbon will be emitted by traditional sources or alternative power sources (another can of worms) will be required to fill the gap.

My two cents at least. "Our Generation has had no Great war, no Great Depression. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives..."
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Re:Ethanol Facts, Car Mods - 2008/05/03 00:29 except a hydrogen generator can run off of a solar panel or three
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Re:Ethanol Facts, Car Mods - 2008/05/03 05:35 greggorievich wrote:
except a hydrogen generator can run off of a solar panel or three

Yes, that's the idea. Of course, electricity is cheap, so you could just charge the battery every so often.

I actually am looking at the jar type hydrogen generators, they generate on the fly...you need two - four to get anywhere, but it's cheap and easy.

http://waterpoweredcar.com/hydrobooster2.html http://www.mattparnell.com
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Re:Ethanol Facts, Car Mods - 2008/05/03 05:45 care to explain the concept?
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Re:Ethanol Facts, Car Mods - 2008/05/04 07:12 That's true. My comments were based more at a large scale system, but reading back over your posts I realised that wasn't exactly what you were going for There's no ideal power at the moment, some are just better than others. We need nuclear fusion to be harnessed, now that would bring about an energy revolution "Our Generation has had no Great war, no Great Depression. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives..."
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Re:Ethanol Facts, Car Mods - 2008/05/04 07:13 To understand this stuff, see the link I posted above. http://www.mattparnell.com
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