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Larry wrote:
Just like cars....there's no place to STORE super-high-pressure hydrogen gas bottles that weigh too much, is there? If you took out the diesel fuel tank from your sailboat, the little one that runs the diesel, and replaced it with hydrogen cylinders, how far would it travel on gas stored in the same space? Will it go 20 miles? at 1.5 knots that's over 13 hours. Will it produce full power for 13 hours on cylinders that take the same space as the diesel tank in a sailboat? No, it won't, and never will, no matter how greenie feeley good it is. Then there's this other problem: http://www.hydrogenassociation.org/n...92h2future.asp "At $4/gallon for gasoline, hydrogen’s break-even cost is $8/kg." "Renewably produced hydrogen and oxygen would be cost competitive with gasoline at about $6 per gallon." http://local.google.com/answers/threadview?id=704915 "The price of hydrogen gas in steel cylinders costs about $100/kg." At $100/kg, you could run a sailboat 1.5 knots for about the same price as buying diesel for a SHIP! The ship has bigger heads and lot more creature comforts. Can you say "crazy" without laughing? Larry No - it was jut to get attention of the news media. 15 minutes of fame sysdrome. Richard |
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