Originally Posted by
freakasis
iv been sayin this for years.
but i do have a really big and expensive band-aid for ya....convert the whole country to nuclear power...use the power to make hydrogen/o2 from ocean water...use the hydrogen to power our cars, the o2 can be pumped into the air or mixed with the hydrogen and pu into our gas tanks and the left over heat from the power plants to heat out cities using steam like they did back in the day....efficiancy would be high polution would be virtually absent we could live forever as long as we can find uranium...which is everywhere by the way.
a) that would produce hydrogen gas, which is not practical for automotive uses.
b) the stoichiometric ratio for hydrogen is 2:1 (for pure oxygen not air), so that oxygen you're releasing into the air, will need to be reclaimed for a complete combustion.