Hydrogen sounds good because in theory combustion of only hydrogen and
oxygen creates water. But in theory combustion of petroleum products only
creates a bunch of water with some carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide
too. But remember the big problem emmission is from nitrogen and oxygen
(NOx) in various chemical combinations. Guess what - for those that don't
realize it air is 79% nitrogen, so if you combust hydrogen and oxygen
under pressure in the presense of nitrogen, there's likely to be some NOx
in the exhaust. Can't say for sure, but I'm guessing it isn't as clean in
practice as it is in theory.
Phil Bates
'67 MGB
'58 MGA
misc other stuff
> David Randall wrote:
>
> >Folks,
> >
> >I'm looking at driving the 'B the rest of my life, and I think that by
2010
> >gasoline will be at least $5/gallon. With this in mind, my future engine
> >mods will take fuel-efficiency highly into account.
> >
> >
> David,
> What about hydrogen? you can run an internal combustion engine on the
> stuff, and it is set to become the replacement of gasoline at the pump.
> Mazda and bmw are making cars with similar-to-stock performance running
> hydrogen. Even 'dubya' likes it!
> I've been toying with the idea of converting a car to hydrogen for
> several years-- too bad I dont' have any money!
> Mike Jose
> 79 B
> Phoenix
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