Re: Cooking oil at $5.50/gallon at Food Lion...



On Mon, 24 Apr 2006, elephantcelebes@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

BMJ wrote:

Actually, hydrogen would be a cleaner-burning fuel than gasoline, as
well as being less combustible, making it comparatively safer to store
and handle.

Uh, hello?

Initially, yes, until the process becomes self-sustaining.

Perpetuum Mobile?

Hydrogen can be produced through electrolysis, so it would necessitate
the presence of electrical power. Clean sources of electricity include
hydroelectric stations, wind turbines, and photovoltaics or generators
that are fuelled with methane produced from the decomposition of manure
or plant waste.

Electricity can also be produced from electrical power.

Sounds kinda "circular" to me. Like, you can produce money if you have money to start, right? ;-)

If we did these
things, it would instantly reduce our dependence on fossil fuel. Since
we aren't investing in these processes on a large scale right now, it
seems unlikely that we will invest in the _less_efficient_ production
of hydrogen from the same energy sources.

If you want to know where the hydrogen will come from, look up "shift
reaction" and "steam reforming." Come on, you learned this stuff in
first year chemistry.

Electrolysis is my favorite phenomenon, but fancy would be bioengineered bacteria that could consume oil and spit out H2 and carbon (how about diamonds?).

This newsgroup has taught me one thing, which is that scientists are no
more science literate,

Got anyone in mind?

when it comes to discussing economics and
policy, than GW Bush. No wonder we are unemployable ;-)



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