Gary McCormick wrote
>One can split water into its component hydrogen and oxygen atoms by
>electrolysis - but
>don't go out and retrofit the ol' Roadster with a water tank and a
>generator just yet. I
>think this can be confirmed by someone on the list who remembers their
>Chem and Physics
>better, but I have a feeling that you'd be running at a deficit if you
>tried to burn the
>hydrogen and oxygen to run a generator to break the water into hydrogen
>and oxygen to make
>fuel for the engine - smacks of perpetual motion!
>
>Gary McCormick
>San Jose, CA
The three laws of thermodynamics:
1:You can't win.
2:You can't break even.
3: You can't get out of the game.
Isn't there a Hydrogen fuel-cell Mercedes or BMW doung a tour of the US?
Fuel cells might be a good way of converting intermittent renewable
sources like wind and solar into an easily transportable, on-demand
product. Well, that would be nice, anyway, and might reduce some of the
pressure to scrap older vehicles like our roadsters. So, call me an
optimist :^)
-Marc T.
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1970 1600 #SPL311-31016 "The Jaundiced Kid II"
1965 L-320 #L320 013642 "Domino"
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