Re: Viable hydrogen vehicle by 2010

From: G. R. L. Cowan (gcowan_at_eagle.ca)
Date: 09/29/04 

Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 10:52:07 -0400

Tkalbfus1 wrote:
>
> >I can think of only *one* application where this isn't true. For the
> >chemical processes where hydrogen is a byproduct, and the process is already
> >profitable, it makes a LOT of sense to recover the hydrogen. This implies
> >that the chemical engineering types could purposefully attempt to bias
> >process design towards chemistry that favors hydrogen as a byproduct.
> >However, even if this was successfully done, I doubt that enough hydrogen
> >would be generated to displace fossil fuels, as fossil fuel consumption in
> >the U.S. is truly immense.
> >
>
> And I suppose people will happily abandon their homes in coastal communities
> when the Ocean Levels rise ...

Due to the tragically impetuous rush to bring into service
billions of hydrogen cars, I suppose.

--- Graham Cowan
http://www.eagle.ca/~gcowan/Paper_for_11th_CHC.doc --
why the seas are full of boric acid