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Originally Posted by JCL
95% of the hydrogen produced comes from natural gas (ref DOE). Just burn the natural gas (if you want to use an internal combustion engine)
If you are going to use electrolysis, why not directly use the electricity that process requires, instead of using it to make hydrogen? That was my point, hydrogen by those methods is a storage medium, not a fuel in the sense that we have any reserves of it.
Here in Vancouver we are home to Ballard, a leader in fuel cells. However, the buses that are being replaced by our transit system are largely trolley buses, since they are cheaper than fuel cell buses and skip the hydrogen step, turning mains power directly into traction at the wheel motor.
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JCL, very good point but I think the view is that the energy hydrogen produces far exceed the direct production of electricity. While I'm huge on E85 fuels, I would be even bigger on using a Hydrogen fuel if you could get the infrastructure put in. Now if your company made 10Billion in a quarter, you should have some funds to invest in this (Exxon/Mobile).
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I was watching an interesting show on the Discovery Channel yesterday. Did you know that the entire US could be powered by a solar panel system of a few square miles?
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