Re: [MBZ] SOT (somewhat OT): TOyota share its patents.

2015-01-11 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
It will cause the final global warming event when the earth catches fire and the whole atmosphere except the nitrogen turns to water, and it will be hotter then. Or the earth will float away because hydrogen is lighter than air, kinda like a dirigible. --R On 1/10/15 11:47 PM, Craig via

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2015-01-11 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
--R wrote: Or the earth will float away because hydrogen is lighter than air, kinda like a dirigible. Or, an H-bomb could take us all out without a thought. Yes, wrong form factor than we have been taught, but... we could learn. Forget the hi-tech WWII stuff that Openheimer and LANL worked up.

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2015-01-11 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Sun, 11 Jan 2015 20:54:28 -0600 Mountain Man via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: --R wrote: Or the earth will float away because hydrogen is lighter than air, kinda like a dirigible. Or, an H-bomb could take us all out without a thought. Yes, wrong form factor than we have been

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2015-01-10 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
fmiser via Mercedes wrote: Pipe shouldn't be much harder than natual gas - execpt H2 is so small it leaks easily. Very easily. Especially in plastic pipes, IIRC. And I forget what sorts of metal pipes get Hydrogen embrittlement. Mitch. ___

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2015-01-10 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
Mercedes Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2015 3:41 PM To: Mitch Haley; Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] SOT (somewhat OT): TOyota share its patents. And I forget what sorts of metal pipes get Hydrogen embrittlement. Steel. Copper. Probably others. -- Jim

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2015-01-10 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
And I forget what sorts of metal pipes get Hydrogen embrittlement. Steel. Copper. Probably others. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

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2015-01-10 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Sat, 10 Jan 2015 16:56:55 -0500 Scott Ritchey via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: The larger problem is storage. Hydrogen is not dense so any usable amount requires ridiculously huge tanks, ridiculously low temperatures, ridiculously high pressures, or non-gaseous form (like a metal

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2015-01-08 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
Craig wrote: That reminds me of an episode that occurred when we were living off-grid south of Calhan, Colorado. We lived south of Ellicott, CO at Drennan 1985-1990. When did you live south of Calhan? Calhan had the fairgrounds. We had the absolute best alluvial groundwater in the world -

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2015-01-08 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Thu, 8 Jan 2015 20:31:46 -0600 Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com wrote: Craig wrote: That reminds me of an episode that occurred when we were living off-grid south of Calhan, Colorado. We lived south of Ellicott, CO at Drennan 1985-1990. When did you live south of Calhan? We lived

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2015-01-07 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Wed, 7 Jan 2015 20:40:23 -0600 Mountain Man via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I suggest that our concepts of utility centralized need some revamp. What? - I dunno, but it seems there is room for other concepts, i.e. Tesla as mentioned. Concepts of power at all times needs revamp in

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2015-01-07 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
, 2015 1:57 PM To: Andrew Strasfogel; Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] SOT (somewhat OT): TOyota share its patents. Interesting, not unlike Tesla. Its a good point, the only way we'll ever get hydrogen infrastructure is to have a bunch of the cars... -Curt From: Andrew

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2015-01-07 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
... -Curt From: Scott Ritchey ritche...@nc.rr.com To: 'Curt Raymond' curtlud...@yahoo.com; 'Mercedes Discussion List' mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, January 7, 2015 6:25 PM Subject: RE: [MBZ] SOT (somewhat OT): TOyota share its patents. It's worth remembering that hydrogen

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2015-01-07 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
could power your laptop with. Not sure I'd want it in my lap... -Curt From: OK Don okd...@gmail.com To: Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, January 7, 2015 6:55 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] SOT (somewhat OT): TOyota share its patents

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2015-01-07 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
Oh, they're definitely motivated by self interest, but that's fine by me. I was a H2 skeptic but my opinion got turned around when I learned how environmentally benign this could be, provided we can generate H2 w/o using fossil fuels... Turning water into wine Oh wait! O2 is a pollutant

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2015-01-07 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
The value in hydrogen seems to be in combining it back with oxygen (burning it) thus producing heat and water. Using Curt's tidal energy source to produce it, combined with the production of water sounds like a way to desalinate sea water while you're at it - drink your exhaust! You get hydrogen

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2015-01-07 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Wed, 7 Jan 2015 23:58:35 + (UTC) Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Geez I didn't even think of the desalinated water you'd get. Bonus! I don't think you actually have to burn it to get electricity. I *think* the fuel cell deal just recombines it with oxygen in a

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2015-01-07 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
:* [MBZ] SOT (somewhat OT): TOyota share its patents. Toyota to share its fuel-cell car patents with the worldPublished: Wednesday, January 7, 2015 Sharing is caring for Toyota, which announced yesterday that it would make 6,000 of its hydrogen-powered fuel-cell car patents available free of charge

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2015-01-07 Thread fmiser via Mercedes
Scott wrote: It's worth remembering that hydrogen is not an energy source, it's an energy storage medium.  The actual energy needs to come from elsewhere. Curt wrote: Exactly, something like a tidal electricity generating system producing power twice a day and pumping you a bunch

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2015-01-07 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Wed, 7 Jan 2015 20:25:39 -0600 fmiser via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Curt wrote: I wonder what the losses would be for piping hydrogen to a neighborhood electricity plant vs running electricity through wires? Pipe shouldn't be much harder than natual gas - execpt H2 is

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2015-01-07 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
Curt wrote: ...I wonder what the losses would be for piping hydrogen to a neighborhood electricity plant vs running electricity through wires? Reconsider. I suggest that our concepts of utility centralized need some revamp. What? - I dunno, but it seems there is room for other concepts, i.e.

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2015-01-07 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
Curt wrote: I don't think you actually have to burn it to get electricity. I *think* the fuel cell deal just recombines it with oxygen in a flameless magic which produces water and electricity. Where's our LANL expert when we need him to explain sruff. Oh wait... I see he has the next msg

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2015-01-07 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
PM Subject: [MBZ] SOT (somewhat OT): TOyota share its patents. Toyota to share its fuel-cell car patents with the worldPublished: Wednesday, January 7, 2015 Sharing is caring for Toyota, which announced yesterday that it would make 6,000 of its hydrogen-powered fuel-cell car patents

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2015-01-07 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
@okiebenz.com *Sent:* Wednesday, January 7, 2015 1:55 PM *Subject:* [MBZ] SOT (somewhat OT): TOyota share its patents. Toyota to share its fuel-cell car patents with the worldPublished: Wednesday, January 7, 2015 Sharing is caring for Toyota, which announced yesterday that it would make 6,000

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2015-01-07 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, January 7, 2015 2:08 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] SOT (somewhat OT): TOyota share its patents. Oh, they're definitely motivated by self interest, but that's fine by me.  I was a H2 skeptic but my opinion got turned around when I learned

[MBZ] SOT (somewhat OT): TOyota share its patents.

2015-01-07 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Toyota to share its fuel-cell car patents with the worldPublished: Wednesday, January 7, 2015 Sharing is caring for Toyota, which announced yesterday that it would make 6,000 of its hydrogen-powered fuel-cell car patents available free of charge. The patents include rights to technology and

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2015-01-07 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
tidal plant... -Curt From: Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com To: Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com Cc: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, January 7, 2015 2:08 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] SOT (somewhat OT): TOyota share its patents. Oh, they're