Re: Vast new energy source almost here: Solar hydrogen fuel dream

From: Dr. Jai Maharaj (usenet_at_mantra.com)
Date: 08/28/04

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    In article <7rCdnRFeUo-YdrLcRVn-pQ@magma.ca>,
     "Dave Gower" <davegow.removethis@magma.ca> posted:
     
    > Dr. Jai Maharaj wrote
    >
    > > Australian scientists predict that a revolutionary new
    > > way to harness the power of the sun to extract clean and
    > > almost unlimited energy supplies from water will be a
    > > reality within seven years.
    > >
    > > Using special titanium oxide ceramics that harvest
    > > sunlight and split water to produce hydrogen fuel
     
    > This isn't a new story, although that particular item may be recent. But
    > there's another way to convert solar energy into hydrogen, which is to use
    > the temperature difference between surface and deep water at the tropics,
    > and produce hydrogen. Since the amount of solar energy arriving each day
    > over tropical oceans vastly exceeds the world's energy use for the
    > foreseeable future, the potential is huge. The best part is that the ocean
    > acts as the collector, so you don't need huge solar arrays like you would
    > with this technology. In addition, the mixing of the water would increase
    > the amount of biological activity in a part of the ocean that's quite
    > sterile.
    >
    > The downside is that one would have to maintain huge floating platforms,
    > which would need to be stabilized against wind and current to keep them out
    > of shipping lanes, from running aground etc. But not too difficult.

    The military would never allow such an operation
    here in Hawaii, you think?

    Jai Maharaj
    http://www.mantra.com/jai
    Om Shanti

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