Originally Posted by xyzdonna  Hi Geof,
You paint a bleak picture indeed. Usually I'm just trying to get around the speeding laws, these thermodynamic laws I'm a little hazy on.
So you can produce hydrogen faster or slower but the amount of energy going into breaking the hydrogen-oxygen bond is the same. All the energy that is released when the hydrogen reacts with oxygen has to be put into the system in the first place just to get the hydrogen.
OK, but use what Mariss said, about a 50% efficiency. Wouldn't this work? It is after all a method of storing energy. I realize you're going to lose some in the translation, but it is a method of storing energy for use vehicles.
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xyzDonna...
even if you use carbon-fiber pressurized tanks to avoid the problems with hydrogen embrittlement, you still have the pesky problem of how to avoid any ruptures in event of an accident...and then there's the volatility of the fuel to be considered. Care to see 10,000 mini-Hindenbergs every day??? That's the average number of car crashes in this country. I'm good on driving a ticking time-bomb thanks...