> > From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/04/29 Sat PM 03:34:59 GMT > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: OT - Fuel Cells (was - Re: Local Gas Prices) > > There are a couple of problems with this, I don't expect that steam will > make a comeback, as direct to electricity is more > convenient. Then there's the waste CO(2) from using methane. I don't > see it as a problem but the global warming fanatics > will.
I can't wait to see the newest digital camera. With a steam vent. Can you imagine the liabilty issues? > > Cotty wrote: > > >On 28/4/06, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > > > > > >>And > >>put more effort and money into finding & exploiting alternatives to petrol. > >> > >> > > > >Side note: filmed at Oxford University last week, watched as methane I > >think it was methane) was mixed with a catalyst to produce heat and > >clean steam - at room temperature! Watch as steam makes a come-back in 5 > >to 10 years. Also - methane (definitely methane this time) was mixed > >with a catalyst to produce pure hydrogen - at room temperature. > >Previously this could only be achieved with hundreds of degrees C of heat. > > > >The company with the patent on the catalysts is called Oxford Catalysts > >and floated on the London Stock Exchange last week to raise £15million > >to get going. > > > >Expect fuel cell technology to take off in a very large way over the > >coming few years. Prediction: in 10 years batteries will have gone the > >way of film! > > > ><http://www.oxfordcatalysts.com/> > > > > > > > > > >Cheers, > > Cotty > > > > > >___/\__ > >|| (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > >||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com > >_____________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > When you're worried or in doubt, > Run in circles, (scream and shout). > > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
