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TANSTAAFL. You may decrease the initial energy and the losses, but the difference between the two energy states requires putting in that amount of energy.

If someone said that a catalyst plus sunlight would produce hydrogen and oxygen, I can accept that, since the sunlight is the energy source. But you are never going to get more energy in storage than the sum of all energy put in. And then, you will always lose a little to inefficiency.
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