[extropy-chat] Nuke 'em

spike spike66 at comcast.net
Sun Oct 23 19:53:54 UTC 2005



> -----Original Message-----
> From: extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org [mailto:extropy-chat-
> bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of Alfio Puglisi
> Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 12:44 PM
> To: ExI chat list
> Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] Nuke 'em
> 
> On Sun, 23 Oct 2005, Robert J. Bradbury wrote:
> 
> >
> > There are *real* problems with an electricity to hydrogen scheme (which
> > can obviously be done through the electrolysis of water)... was $100
billion.
> 
> That's cheap. Less than half the cost of the Iraq war so far. So if the US
> wanted it could convert to hydrogen tomorrow, at least from a cost
> perspective.
> 
> Alfio


Convert to hydrogen?  I must keep reminding even
my engineer friends that hydrogen is a form of
energy transmission, not a source.  It doesn't 
explain where the energy comes from.  Solar?  If 
so, why do we need hydrogen in the loop?

spike








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