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Originally posted by Erakad
Interesting stats, but they really beg some questions. I would bet that ANY company looking for alternative energy sources for the past 30 yrs, most likely has found something. Hydrogen comes to mind. The question is, why haven't they started marketing some of these alternate sources. Dollars come to mind. I'm willing to bet XOM has the alternate energy solution...or has a real good idea where to go, but with 3K gas stations and with selling 1B gallons every 3 days, they really have no motive to market those other sources. It's just not profitable. It just doesn't make business sense.
I for one would like to see more info on hydrogen powered vehicles. I heard that Arnold S. was going to convert his Hummer to hydrogen...I guess that gives H2 a whole new meaning.
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You're right, but the reality is that hydrogen generation is old, old science. New technology cannot re-write the laws of thermodynamics. To generate hydrogen gas from water, for instance, the bond strength of H2O must be overcome by the
addition of energy. Water can be "separated" chemically, electrically, or even with photocells. All of these reactions cost more "energy" than we get in return during the combustion of the hydrogen. Basically, there is no free lunch.