Scientists in the states have successfully bioengineered an algae that
lives in water that breaks down the water into hydrogen and water. This
makes the process almost free.

The hydrogen is then used in fuel cell technology.

On Thu, 24 Feb 2000 23:33:01 -0700
Bill Nolan <bill@FREEHOLDER.COM> wrote:

> It is, of course, a fantasy.  It takes just as much energy to break water
> into its constituent parts of hydrogen and oxygen as you get when you
> combine them by burning the hydrogen.  In practice, there is some overhead,
> so you actually expend more energy to separate them than you get back by
> burning them.  You could get the same effect by storing the power in
> batteries.
>
> I suppose a case could be made for the idea that the solar panels could
> continue making hydrogen (or charging batteries) even when you weren't
> driving, but even 100% efficient solar panels still wouldn't give you more
> than a few miles a day.
>
>
> At 02:22 PM 2/24/00 -0800, Dan Nims wrote:
> >Fantasy: Imagine driving a hydrogen powered Vanagon.  High efficiency solar
> >panels on the roof power a converter to draw the fuel out of water!
>
> Bill (SE Arizona) (Bill@freeholder.com) HTTP://www.freeholder.com
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