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To: see clearly now who wrote (1289)	11/3/1997 2:48:00 PM
From: Michael Winkler	Respond to of 5827

Arnold: As far as your vision of an integrated solar hydrogen home and car, I believe that this is technically feasible right now, however, costs are high. I don't believe that cost will reduced enough to make this a practical reality for 15 to 20 years. What will probably be available sooner(not soon) will be a home fuel cell cogeneration system running on propane or natural gas. Elements needed for your vision would be: 1. Electrolyzer(to extract hydrogen from water if solar energy is used) 2. Reformer(to extract hydrogen from fuel, if hydrocarbon fuel is used) 3. High-pressure compressor(to reduce storage space for hydrogen and allow it to be used as a vehicle fuel) 4. Fuel cell(to generate electricity from fuel) 5. Inverter to convert DC into AC for home and grid use 6. Solar electric panels All these elements exist, but are produced in low volumes and are expensive(some more than others). With more development and higher production volumes they can all be reduced significantly in cost.