Marty Phee wrote: > http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=cfeb17de-d945-4db4-87a6-090911200e96&page=1 >
Ok, I'm trying REALLY hard not to laugh at statements like: "Most internal combustion engines operate at about 35 per cent efficiency. This means that only 35 per cent of the fuel is fully burned. The rest either turns to carbon corroding the engine or goes out the exhaust pipe as greenhouse gases." This person obviously has NO CLUE about how internal combustion works! Now, having written this, a modest mixture of hydrogen introduced into the air / fuel mixture WILL increase efficiency, but incrementally, not monumentally. An important question to ask is this: "Does the amount of energy supplied by the battery to produce the hydrogen exceed the calorific value of the hydrogen itself, and if not, does the slight increase in combustion efficiency warrant the extra fuel burned to generate that electricity within the vehicle's alternator?" If we're really desperate to increase efficiency, then we need to look at electric motive power. Hydrogen boost is NOT the solution to our energy problems. robert luis rabello "The Edge of Justice" Adventure for Your Mind http://www.newadventure.ca Ranger Supercharger Project Page http://www.members.shaw.ca/rabello/ _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/