On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:42 -0800, "Curt Raymond" <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I had the same feeling about the "hydrogen economy" BS until I heard a > thing on NPR last week. Apparently some company has come up with a small > scale system to make hydrogen from water using a solar powered system. > They envision it like a battery system, store up hydrogen to use in > cloudy periods. An interesting side effect though is if your system were > big enough you could make some to power your car. They have a system that > makes hydrogen right in the solar panels and they're supposedly using > some amazing low cost catalyst... > > The guy claims it'll be ready for prime time in ~8 years but as far as > I'm concerned this is the first plan including hydrogen that makes even a > glimmer of sense. Of course big oil will fight it tooth and nail... Problem is you'll need to cover hundreds, more likely thousands, of square miles of the earth with solar collectors to make that work. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
