Interesting. So basically were back to square one with the hydrogen idea.
Didn't the Hindenburg have hydrogen in those gas bags?
I guess you could say this hydrogen powered car went down like the Hindenburg?
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At 04:17 PM 8/1/97 -0400, Len Bugel wrote:
>Two folks have mentioned hydrogen fuel, and seawater as a source. You
>should all realize that it takes exactly as much energy to take water
>apart into hydrogen and oxygen as you get back when you burn the hydrogen
>in your vehicle. In other words, hydrogen is not an energy source - only a
>means to temporarily store energy, making it transportable. Gasoline is
>stored solar energy from millions of years ago. Ethanol is stored energy
>from recently. To produce large quantities of hydrogen fuel, one would use
>electrical power, from nucs, coal burning plants, hydro plants, solar
>arrays and so forth. So hydrogen can be just as good or bad
>(environmentally and economically) as the source of electricity used to
>produce it. The same comments apply to electric cars, of course.
>
>Len Bugel
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