Oh dear, my English humour goes unnoticed again. My message re mining
hydrogen was drenched in sarcasm - the lowest form of wit!
At 03:06 PM 1/30/2003 -0800, David Breneman wrote:
>Barrie Robinson SEZ -
> > So where does one mine hydrogen? I mean you wouldn't have to burn coal,
> > gas or oil to produce the electricity to hydrolise water to produce
> > hydrogen would you?
>
>Yes you would. That's the main thing that's kept hydrogen from
>becoming a commercially viable energy source. It takes a lot
>more energy to separate it from water than it produces when
>burned. About the only way you can even come close to making
>hydrogen a cost-effective fuel is to use nuclear power plants
>to create the power to separate it, and we all know what the
>environmentalists think of the prospect of building more of those!
>I'd imagine you're not going to see widespread use of hydrogen
>as a fuel until fusion power becomes commercially viable, and
>it seems to be one of those technologies that's perpetually
>"just around the corner".
>
>--
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>
Regards
Barrie
Barrie Robinson
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