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[The Avantguardian]

--- Keith Henson <hkeithhenson at gmail.com> wrote:
> No.  The energy hog is splitting water.  That yields a nearly pure
> stream of H2.  It's not nearly as energy expensive to make H2 into a
> liquid as it is to make the gas from water.  I could put numbers on
> it, but why don't you and I will verify your numbers.

It is a shame that it is so costly for us to do what a blade of grass
does with ease.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen_evolving_complex

Of course we would still need an electron source to make the resultant
protons into molecular hydrogen. But if we did, we could get rocket
fuel from water and sunlight.
 

Stuart LaForge
alt email: stuart"AT"ucla.edu

"Life is the sum of all your choices."  
Albert Camus


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