David Brin wrote: > >> This is classic conservatism, how? Actually, >> President Bush has proposed >> substantial increases in research on fuel cell >> technology. > > Har! Now why THIS technology while undercutting all > others? > > Parse it out. It will not come online in time to > affect the short term value of oil stocks. But WHEN > those stocks deplete, the aristos will be able to use > all this research to make the next GM. > You should be _more_ paranoic: fuel cells are those things that burn H2, right?
The cheaper way to produce H2 is natural gas (basically, methane). Natural gas is hard to transport, because it doesn't become liquid under pressure (as decent gases like propane or ammonia do), and requires special (and very expensive) ships to transport it freezed to -164 or so degrees. So, the current reserves of natural gas are less valuable than the reserves of oil - and guess who in the world has _huge_ and _useless_ reserves of natural gas? I don't know if would be simple to transport H2, but - heck - wfc? Alberto Monteiro _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
