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To: yard_man who wrote (5342)8/30/2002 10:26:21 AM
From: Jim Willie CB  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 89467
 
good info on hydrogen sources, here is a tidbit

methane gas contains a lot of hydrogen
but substantial energy must be expended in order to release that hydrogen
because the carbon molecules are fused with strong "double covalent" bonds
unlike methanol, for instance, with its single bonds

methane is very plentiful
but the prize hydrogen is available only at a heavy cracking cost
this will become a big problem for fuelcell technology
or at least a big opportunity to overcome

I still think solar electrolysis of ocean water is the way to go for the future, to separate into hydrogen and oxygen
heck, we could release the oxygen by plan and counter the greenhouse effect from world industrialization

/ jim