Re: [EVDL] Hydrogen will have a role. (just not in cars)...

2015-10-18 Thread fotajoye via EV
Yes, hydrogen has a role; long distance fuel cell hybrid airliners. Works like this: Use the hydrogen fuel cell to create electricity that will drive electric motor ducted fans directly and charge buffer batteries that will be used for acceleration and intermittent power. The major advantage is

Re: [EVDL] Hydrogen will have a role. (just not in cars)...

2015-10-18 Thread Ben Goren via EV
On Oct 18, 2015, at 10:05 AM, Robert Bruninga via EV wrote: > Agree 100% that dumping excess solar/wind energy into H2 for storage is an > absolute good idea that will work. The gaseous form is one of the worst of the options for hydrogen storage. In a cruel twist of irony...gasoline and diesel

[EVDL] Hydrogen will have a role. (just not in cars)...

2015-10-18 Thread Robert Bruninga via EV
Agree 100% that dumping excess solar/wind energy into H2 for storage is an absolute good idea that will work. Now, then how to turn around and burn it: 1) Come up with a distribution system to pipe this billions of cubic feet of hydrogen in little tiny chunks over hundreds of millions of square m