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MisdemeanorRebel
2015 Aug 29, 12:22pm
How many millions did it cost? How long will that H2 tank last? Where'd the H2 come from? Nat Gas?
The only place Hydrogen is useful to use directly than other fuels is in the upper stages of Rockets, where weight is at a premium.
BTW, Hydrogen hella flammable. You park that nice hydrogen car in the garage, the fuel tank leaks, you walk in and flip the switch and KABLOOOIE! massive flash burns.
You park that nice hydrogen car in the garage, the fuel tank leaks, you walk in and flip the switch and KABLOOOIE! massive flash burns.
Everything has it's trade offs.
Dan8267
2015 Aug 29, 8:31pm
You park that nice hydrogen car in the garage, the fuel tank leaks, you walk in and flip the switch and KABLOOOIE! massive flash burns.
I don't see how having a good burglar trap is a downside.
Y
2015 Aug 29, 8:56pm
Why do you hate plastic surgeons?
You park that nice hydrogen car in the garage, the fuel tank leaks, you walk in and flip the switch and KABLOOOIE! massive flash burns.
John Bailo
2015 Sep 3, 9:44am
massive flash burns.
2 H2 + O2 = 2 H2O
The product of hydrogen combustion is water vapor.
If such an unlikely event were ever to occur, someone standing nearby is likely to get a refreshing facial and walk off feeling 10 years younger.
Now contrast that with a Tesla burning up toxic battery chemicals in your garage:
MisdemeanorRebel
2015 Sep 3, 10:07am
The product of hydrogen combustion is water vapor.
Oh?
https://www.youtube.com/embed/qOTgeeTB_kA
By the way, great line of research, connection between DNA for wild curly hair and high IQ.
HydroCabron
2015 Sep 3, 10:15am
I don't see how having a good burglar trap is a downside.
And after your house is in a hyperbolic escape orbit, never to return, there will never be another burglary.
Shaman
2015 Sep 3, 10:25am
You forgot a crucial portion of that equation John. 2H2 + O2= H2O + HEAT
That means fire.
Which can burn.
Hope that clears things up for you.
Clean? Check.
Efficient? Not so much. But if you're in the boonies, maybe that doesn't matter as much?
Cost effective? Not now, but never say never. Fuel cells (natural gas fed) have proven themselves in high reliability data center applications where the grid is used as backup. It can get even more interesting (though you lose the grid as backup) when you use the fuel cells to power the servers directly (gets rid of the the DC to AC to DC loses).
Definitely would be interesting to see the up front capital costs.
Completed in Pennington, NJ in 2015 by Mike Strizki, this is the first commercially produced fully-permitted, solar-hydrogen, off-grid residence. It is now practical for the average consumer. You no longer have to be rich or be an engineer! Anyone can now have their own house converted.
http://hydrogenhouseproject.org/the-first-consumer-hydrogen-house.html
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