jello@ida.net wrote:
> 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.
It's clean OK, but you need a tank of hydrogen and another tank of
oxygen :-)
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