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  • From: Rob <becida AT comcast.net>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [Homestead] Honda hydrogen and solar
  • Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:51:54 -0800

Not a long article, it's worth the read.

Rob
becida AT comcast.net

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/11/08/bloomberg/sxhonda.php


>>Honda Motor, aiming to start mass production of fuel-cell cars by about 2015, is developing a system using solar energy for drivers to make hydrogen at home to fuel such vehicles.


While producing hydrogen from solar-powered electrolysis would cut carbon dioxide emissions, it is not yet possible to do it cheaply or in sufficient quantity, said a chemistry professor, Nate Lewis, who is also an energy researcher at the California Institute of Technology.


Honda began selling solar panels in Japan earlier this year to make electricity for homes.
The panels, priced at ¥57,500, or $509, each, substitute a thin metal layer for silicone typically used in photovoltaic panels to reduce production costs and lower the energy needed to make them, Honda said.<<





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