Re: Hydrogen Creating Barges or Platforms in the Ocean to Make Truck Fuel

jonathon arquette wrote:
A very smart gentleman and futurist ask today if we could build barges
to make hydrogen fuel for cars? Put them in the ocean and let them
make hydrogen near transfer terminals to put into the distribution
system so we could deliver it to gas stations to put in cars and
trucks. Could it really be that easy? Indeed, sure that works, have
Desalination system prior to hydrogen separation collection system and
merely release the oxygen there?
Meanwhile we could put it on barges or even empty oil platforms near
shore, which are not being used? Oil companies wouldn't mind using
these rusting assets still on the books. The whole thing could be run
off of wind power claimed the Futurist or even ocean wave generation
too. So it would be self generation enabled and that makes sense too.
You see the 15 knot onshore breeze could power wind turbines and wave
energy is easy. Sure sounds good. Speaking of which and wind
generation:
http://worldthinktank.net/wttbbs/index.php?s=226452a95afb011b6cb721aee5163ef5&showtopic=448&st=0&#entry619...

http://groups.google.com/group/waterforfueld

There's still the problem that H2 is highly flammable/explosive in gaseous or liquid form, more so than gasoline (for instance). See the Hindenburg explosion (believed to have been set off by lightning or static electricity) for a graphic example. Do a bit more research. We'll wait.
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