Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work". and more idea's

2003-07-07 Thread Greg and April
What are they going to do, take down the odometer reading every year that you register the Elec. car? Greg H. - Original Message - From: "Robert Mills" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 13:21 Subject: Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam

Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work". and more idea's

2003-07-07 Thread Robert Mills
thers to as well, and electric vehicles don't do this at all. Greg H. - Original Message - From: "Robert Mills" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 12:31 Subject: Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at wor

Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work". and more idea's

2003-07-07 Thread Greg and April
ectric vehicles don't do this at all. Greg H. - Original Message - From: "Robert Mills" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 12:31 Subject: Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work". and more id

Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work". and more idea's

2003-07-07 Thread Robert Mills
--- Original Message - From: "Robert Mills" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 15:33 Subject: Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work". and more idea's > > As for license fees, they are fully registered same as any other

Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work". and more idea's

2003-07-06 Thread Greg and April
, that is not bad at all. Get your self a decent vehicle, maintain it, and don't push it, you save a lot, in energy and money. Greg H. - Original Message - From: "Robert Mills" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 15:33 Subject: Re: [biofuel] The Hydro

Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work". and more idea's

2003-07-06 Thread Robert Mills
ork in. Greg H. - Original Message - From: "Robert Mills" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 15:47 Subject: Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work"

Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work". and more idea's

2003-07-05 Thread Greg and April
city that they work in. Greg H. - Original Message - From: "Robert Mills" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 15:47 Subject: Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the s

Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work". and more idea's

2003-07-05 Thread Robert Mills
Although you say it in a somewhat different way, I think we generally agree in this matter. I also agree that we have a lot of background on this hydrogen but I am also hard pressed to find a way to use this to our benefit so far as well. There are some posts already that feel that it is not a

Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work".

2003-07-04 Thread Hakan
Bob, I was very tempted to touch this before, but refrained from sending that part. Since Keith started it, I will do it now. The biofuel list is a real "Think Tank", it is hard to get closer to this definition. The boys and girls that are participating are big in their thought and minds. If y

Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work".

2003-07-04 Thread Keith Addison
Robert Mills wrote: >To all; > >Do not hold back on your opinions in these discussions. Just think >back to some past date when someone told you something that you >didn't know and you were so surprised that you commented; Boy, I >would never have thought of that, what an idea!! Off we go with

Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work".

2003-07-04 Thread Hakan
Bob, One thing is to close your mind to development, and completely other is to (mis)use a technology for political and corporate reasons. Hydrogen have been researched and used for around 100 years. We know a lot about hydrogen and therefore we can do quite good assessment of its suitability

RE: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work".

2003-07-03 Thread Henderson, Garry
2003 4:59 AM To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work". robert luis rabello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Robert Mills wrote: > The electrolysis of water

Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work".

2003-07-03 Thread Robert Mills
robert luis rabello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Robert Mills wrote: > The electrolysis of water cannot be called a renewable resource simply > because it is a process used to change a renewable resource called water and > not within itself a renewable resource. > Oh brother, here we go

Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work".

2003-07-02 Thread robert luis rabello
Robert Mills wrote: > The electrolysis of water cannot be called a renewable resource simply > because it is a process used to change a renewable resource called water and > not within itself a renewable resource. > Oh brother, here we go! Let's take some electric energy generated b

Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work".

2003-07-02 Thread Greg and April
;[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 14:10 Subject: Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work". > > > To further complicate things, I cannot find anywhere whereby the molecule "O" lives in nature without it's e

Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work".

2003-07-02 Thread Robert Mills
s. Bob Dr Alan Greenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What do you think of www.genesisworldenergy.com ? - Original Message - From: "Robert Mills" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 10:36 PM Subject

Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work".

2003-07-02 Thread Dr Alan Greenberg
What do you think of www.genesisworldenergy.com ? - Original Message - From: "Robert Mills" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 10:36 PM Subject: Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam ar

Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work".

2003-07-01 Thread robert luis rabello
Darryl McMahon wrote: > Sorry to be late in on this, but I'm playing catch-up and could not resist > the invitation in this post. > > > I have tried to get more information on Stuart's claims. I am not completely > clear > on all the details yet, but my understanding so far is that they requi

Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work".

2003-07-01 Thread robert luis rabello
Darryl McMahon wrote: > Still late, but gaining. > > robert luis rabello wrote: > > > > The ugly secret of electric vehicles is that battery replacement is > > roughly equivalent to the fuel cost of a comparable gasoline model > > over a three or four year period of time. (This I d

Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work".

2003-07-01 Thread Hakan
An other part of my article, Nuclear energy. Before we get into a discussion and evaluation of nuclear energy, I like to make my own position clear on this. I am against nuclear power. Not because any technical reason, but because I do not belive that any Nation can be trusted regarding nuclear

Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work".

2003-06-30 Thread Robert Mills
This is quite interesting to say the least. >Here is what you said: > >"...To make 10 kW of Hydrogen from renewable source like electrolysis of >water, >you need 9 kW of electricity" Please define a renewable resource called "electrolysis of water". I am unable to determine this as a renew

Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work".

2003-06-30 Thread murdoch
Well, I think there are two issues here. 1. First, I think you simply reversed numbers by accident. If I understand you correctly (and I may not) you meant to convey that there was a 10% loss in energy going from electricity to hydrogen, in the most optimistic electrolysis process possible. Fi

Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work".

2003-06-30 Thread Hakan
MM, So this is the only correct definition, Power is kW(s) per second and energy is kWh per hour? Anything else is absolutely wrong? cannot energy be kWm per minute? The only defined is power Watt/second, if we keep to Watt. If I want to specify energy, I could do it in kWyear or any define

Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work".

2003-06-30 Thread murdoch
>>Second: Your figures are in power instead of energy. You have quoted kW >>instead >>of kWh. > >I have done a mathematically correct simplification. The time factor can >and should >be excluded, if it is the same. You will have a hard time with me, if you >argue this. Here is what you said:

Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work".

2003-06-30 Thread Hakan
MM, Please At 02:14 PM 6/30/2003 -0700, you wrote: >On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 21:04:54 +0200, you wrote: > > > > >MM, > > > >The numbers are not wacky, but they are the best I could find. Most other > >numbers show that it take more electricity than you get out. > >First: *All* such conversions, from

Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work".

2003-06-30 Thread murdoch
On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 21:04:54 +0200, you wrote: > >MM, > >The numbers are not wacky, but they are the best I could find. Most other >numbers show that it take more electricity than you get out. First: *All* such conversions, from electricity to any sort of liquid or gaseous substance containing t

Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work".

2003-06-30 Thread Hakan
MM, The numbers are not wacky, but they are the best I could find. Most other numbers show that it take more electricity than you get out. I am not saying that Hydrogen as such is a scam and that we could not find it viable in the future. What I say is that it is at the moment used as a diversi

Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work".

2003-06-30 Thread murdoch
>Hydrogen is like the fairy tales. To make 10 kW of Hydrogen from renewable >source like electrolysis of water, you need 9 kW of electricity. FWIW: 1. I think many environmentalists are making somewhat of a wrong call on Hydrogen, seeing it as almost entirely bogus. I think it shows promise a

Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work".

2003-06-30 Thread Darryl McMahon
Still late, but gaining. robert luis rabello wrote: > > The ugly secret of electric vehicles is that battery replacement is > roughly equivalent to the fuel cost of a comparable gasoline model > over a three or four year period of time. (This I discovered by > comparing the batte

Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work".

2003-06-30 Thread Darryl McMahon
Sorry to be late in on this, but I'm playing catch-up and could not resist the invitation in this post. robert luis rabello wrote: > Production rates at this power level are generally considered > insufficient, > which is why commercial electrolysis occurs above thermoneutral voltage.

Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work".

2003-06-28 Thread Hakan
I complemented the chapter "The Hydrogen hype, the scam artists at work" with comments and some more that I wanted to say, here it is, The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work". As mentioned, it is around 80 years old technologies and have been used in submarine technologies for a long tim

Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work".

2003-06-26 Thread robert luis rabello
kirk wrote: > look at magnesium-aluminum hydride. Much lighter and cheaper than > iron-titanium. You could use a small iron-titanium to start the engine and > run it a few minutes until the exhaust heat activated the Mg-Al. > > Kirk > Magnesium hydride holds about 6% of its weight in hydro

RE: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work".

2003-06-26 Thread kirk
: Thursday, June 26, 2003 4:16 PM To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work". Wow!!, thanks for the data. You really have done some research on this. What appears to be the ultimate

Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work".

2003-06-26 Thread Robert Mills
Wow!!, thanks for the data. You really have done some research on this. What appears to be the ultimate answer to the alternative energy game and the clean air game is that of solar electric energy used at the instant of it's conversion from sun energy to electric energy since there would be n

Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work".

2003-06-25 Thread robert luis rabello
Robert Mills wrote: > Robert; > my question; which energy, hydrogen or electricity, (per therm or 100,000 > btu's or US gallon) would ultimately be the lowest energy cost for the > operation of a motor vehicle on the roads as transportation using the numbers > you previously used in your pos

Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work".

2003-06-25 Thread Robert Mills
Robert; my question; which energy, hydrogen or electricity, (per therm or 100,000 btu's or US gallon) would ultimately be the lowest energy cost for the operation of a motor vehicle on the roads as transportation using the numbers you previously used in your post? Thanks !! Bob robert luis

Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work".

2003-06-25 Thread Hakan
Robert, You are using the theoretical possibility when you talk about 1/3, but the best practical results are still 10% gain. You cannot overcome all the losses in the process. If you look at reality, the possible improvements above 10-15% are small. As storage and energy converter, Hydrogen co

RE: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work".

2003-06-25 Thread Hakan
gt;To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com >Cc: biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com >Subject: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work". > > >Here is some more thought provoking parts in my article "the scam >artists >at work" > >The Hydrogen hype, "

Re: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work".

2003-06-25 Thread robert luis rabello
Martin Klingensmith wrote: > Hakan I think you have it written reverse - 10kWh of electricity to > produce 9kWh of hydrogen. [it's always going to be lower than the amount > put in] > > Martin Klingensmith > nnytech.net > infoarchive.net Below thermoneutral voltage, electrolysis is as much

RE: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work".

2003-06-25 Thread Martin Klingensmith
2003 1:09 AM To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Cc: biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com Subject: [biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work". Here is some more thought provoking parts in my article "the scam artists at work" The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work&qu

[biofuel] The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work".

2003-06-24 Thread Hakan
Here is some more thought provoking parts in my article "the scam artists at work" The Hydrogen hype, "the scam artists at work". As mentioned, it is around 80 years old technologies and have been used in submarine technologies for a long time. It is often talked about as the energy solution