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  • From: Charles Knoles <charles@growfood.org>
  • To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [permaculture] Bloody Hydrogen again!
  • Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 02:30:06 -0500



Hi everyone,

I just got back from the midwest renewable energy fair in Wisconsin (it's 2:00 AM, see how much I love you people?). There were a lot of people talking about hydrogen and apart from the "free energy" kooks, the consensus amongst the energy nerds around here seems to be that Hydrogen is a big smoke screen that the Bush administration is using to make itself look green. Shame really, I'd bought it hook line and sinker.

Think about all the energy conversions and associated losses of efficiency and it makes sense. Wind, solar or hydro energy gets converted to electrical energy which electrolyses water to create chemical energy which is then converted back into electrical energy so that it can be converted into kinetic energy..... Aaaaaargh! On top of that, fuel cells use platinum as a catalyst for reaction and there is not enough platinum on earth to put one in cars for everyone. Maybe now that Bush is throwing money at Hydrogen the scientists will figure all these problems out though.... now excuse me for a minute while I send another email, it turns out that a Nigerian finance minister wants to give me millions of dollars!

Peace
Charlie





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