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To: TobagoJack who wrote (149163)	6/15/2019 7:43:58 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 217743

Hydrogen is too difficult and therefore expensive as well as being inefficient. Electricity and electric cars are efficient with huge distribution networks already built. Power stations are very efficient. Nuclear reactors look likely to win even without worrying about CO2. My BP Oil International boss in 1986 worked for Shell in the early 1970s and was keen on hydrogen. But I couldn't see how anything could beat electric once a few things like batteries were figured out. Meanwhile engine makers made impressive improvements so held their own for another 30 years. Even without nuclear fusion or fission, coal and tar can produce vast amounts of electricity without increasing CO2 in air by liquefying the exhaust CO2 and piping it 400 metres under the ocean as a liquid as per my 1986 invention which I told Mitsubishi visitors about and they patented. Fuel cells are tempting as methanol could fuel them, or even gasoline, but they are too hard so far and not greatly more efficient than just burning it in engines. CO2 isn't a concern for me though at 500 ppm it might be worth rethinking. By then human population will be falling and technology will have improved and changed lots. Cultural shifts will likely mean less CO2 per person too. 3D virtual reality will be better than reality for many things. Uberized autocars will be great for efficiency and lower costs. Mqurice