permaculture

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on 17/6/03 1:31 PM, Lee Flier at lflier@mindspring.com wrote:

> ======= At 2003-06-17, 08:40:00 Robyn wrote: =======
> 
> 
>> 1. Hydrogen fuel in the form of 'Brown's Gas' simply involves a 10v battery
>> charge to separate hydrogen from water - a very efficient fuel source - i
> 
> Right.  And the energy to charge the battery comes from... where?  There's 
> the
> rub.  It takes several times the energy to extract hydrogen from water, than
> the hydrogen will provide.

A couple of torch batteries will provide sufficient energy to separate the
hydrogen - couldn't drive from Sydney to Cairns on those....
Rechargable batteries would be recharged from the hydrogen-fueled engine.
Robyn