Re: the hydrogen dream


"jim beam" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Uncle Al wrote:
> > jim beam wrote:
> >
>
>>http://news.com.com/Start-up+coins+new+way+to+harvest+hydrogen/2100-7337_3
-5783870.html?tag=nefd.top
> >>
> >>i love the way the sodium procurement question is so glibly
side-stepped.
> >
> >
> > Or the caustic waste disposal, ah, challenge.
> >
> > When somebody comes up with a denser hydrogen storage modality -
> > atoms/liter - than an open bucket of diesel, Uncle Al will retract his
> > middle finger. BTW... you get to burn the carbon in diesel, too.
> >
> > Diesel with a density of 0.84 g/cm^3 and nominal CH2 formula has 59.9
> > moles of H/liter. The only hydrogen storage modality of any kind -
> > including armored walls, super insulation, nanotube adsorption, and
> > HYSTOR chemisorption - that is within a factor of two is gasoline.
> > Diesel or gasoline, a cheap plastic tank at ambient temperature and
> > pressure will do the job with a huge *proven* safety margin. National
> > distribution networks for both are already in place.
> >
> what i'd /really/ like to know is, where these guys get the chutzpah to
> try this stuff. and what kind of individual is happy to help them try.
>
I don't even want to be driving next to the GM concept car. You know that
thing must have a tank pressurized to maybe 10,000 psi - or enough to take
out the block if it goes ;)
Frank


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