Do you understand Italian? I don't and take that translation as being
generally representative of what Focardi said but not what he actually
said or in the context he said it. I have a lot of Italian friends and
they talk more with their hands, face and gestures than their voice.
Especially if they are taking the piss out on you (having fun at your
expense) as I expect Focardi was doing with the hammer comment.
As for the hydrogen issue, I expect selling a home / commercial space
heater than contains a bottle of pressurized Hydrogen might be a hard
sell. Insurance companies would have to reassess their risk. I do agree
with the Hydrogen association. Maybe a middle path is to use metal
hydride storage?
AG
On 11/21/2011 1:59 AM, Peter Heckert wrote:
Am 20.11.2011 15:23, schrieb Aussie Guy E-Cat:
More here:
http://radio.rcdc.it/wp-content/uploads/Focardi-english-version.pdf
I am a little bit concerned about his mental fitness:
[Female interviewer] And then how do you turn it off in hot weather?
(Laughs) At some point in the past, as the device kept working on and
on, I started
thinking of a hammer. "Let’s hit it with a hammer!" (Laughs). Well,
what you do is you
shut off ... the latest application has nickel inside it, then the
hydrogen is supplied by
electrolysis, so that … because you cannot keep a hydrogen tank at
home, of course, it’s
dangerous.
[Contrary to common belief, hydrogen is not more dangerous than
propangas. Both explode only when the right mixture is created.
Normally hydrogen doesnt explode, but burn. Propan gas is more
dangerous, because it is heavier than air. When there is a leak it
can sink to the ground and can make dangerous concentrations. This
doesnt happen with hydrogen. It is not toxic. It doesnt smell,
this does indeed increase the danger. I got this information
directly from the german hydrogen association]
Instead we generated it from water by electrolysis.
So, the device kept on working, and I thought to myself: "I guess I’m
going to have to use
a hammer to stop it". Until one day Rossi told me “I stopped it!”.
"And how did you do
that?". He said: "I cut the power to the electrolysis, obviously".
Right! All you have to do is
run the electrolysis from a separate power source. You cut the power
off there, and once
the hydrogen is used up, the device stops by itself.
Now why didnt he himself have the idea to switch the apparatus off?
This is the most obvious idea to try!
