This is getting worse than the "smog free" electric cars. Electric cars
export
their smog to some old coal or other fossil fuel power plant, in most of the
US. Power plants are efficient but, what is the net efficiency after
transmission
and conversion losses. (AC -> DC -> chemical (charge) -> chemical
(discharge) ->
DC-> controlled DC-> wheel.
Bryan
DrMayf wrote:
>Actually Peter Jennings on ABC wa sstating that they run on "air"....what a
>crock. When will people recognize that to generate enough hydrogen to power
>vehicles we will have to beuild a lot of nuclear power plants to convert
>water to H2 and O2. Or burn lots of oil and gas or coal. Nothing is free and
>H2 may be one of the worst for energy cost to manufacture. But I'll be gone
>by then so who cares...
>
>mayf
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