----- Original Message ----- From: "Gautam Mukunda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 11:37 PM Subject: Re: We Can make Fuel Cells Happen
> > --- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Fuel cells could very well be a good means of > > storing energy in the future; > > I don't know. I do know they are not a means of > > obtaining energy. > > > > Dan M. > > Actually, Dan, I'd be interested if you could go a bit > farther than this. I've been reading about a > hydrogen-based economy for years, and it's always > struck me as a bunch of people who have convinced > themselves that perpetual motion machines work if you > blow them up sufficiently large. It seems very odd. > Am I missing something? Yes, you are, but its well hidden, so don't feel bad. :-) Individual internal combustion engines are not all efficient. Large natural gas plants are much more efficence, and environmentally friendly. So, by using fuel cells, and by producing hydrogen during off peak hours, one can gain a lot of efficiency, and lower pollution for the same amount of automobile usage. > The ways that I can think of to do this, are, well, the exact same ways we > generate energy right now. I think I explained using the present system above. And, there is always the hope that people will accept nuclear power again, and use that to decrease pollution tremendously. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
