Re: Stop saying "energy carrier"!

From: Scott A Crosby (scrosby_at_cs.rice.edu)
Date: 09/25/04 

Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 16:17:45 -0500

On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 14:33:58 -0700, Mike Ackerman <mackermNOSPAM@mailpuppy.com> writes:

> After much consideration, I've decided that "energy carrier" is a
> stupid term. It seems to be used by the pro-hydrogen advocates instead
> of the more descriptive term "synthetic fuel."

In my opinion, 'energy carrier' is a better term.

Hydrogen, becuase of its volumetric density and storage problems isn't
readily storable on a large scale. Its more akin to electricity, a
medium of temporarily transporting energy, than an actual synthetic
fuel that might be stockpilable and storable.

Scott