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Old 09-01-2006, 11:00 AM
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Listen up! Nothing is as easy as it sounds. Where is the electric car they promised us 20 year ago? It's still in our future.

The problem is that company presidents and politicians have no training in science. You don't just separate the hydrogen and oxygen in water with tire irons. It take lots and lots of electricity. What you end up with is a very expensive and volatile fuel. Even if it could be made safe it won't anytime soon be made affordable. It won't have the energy of gasoline on a gallon per gallon basis either. It could be that every BTU of energy in hydrogen could require 3 BTUs of some other energy source to produce.

Can I sell you some land in Florida, perhaps a corner lot?

Bob
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