Originally Posted by
electric1
As for hydrogen, its great once you have it in H2 form ready to burn, but it doesn't exist in this form on Earth, so its not an energy source, but a carrier, which means you have to apply much more energy to extract H2 from water, then burn it in ICE at 25% efficiency, bottom line becomes very very expensive and unsustainable. Sure, Terminator can afford to buy H2 Hummer and build H2 stations using our tax dollars, but it won't scale to majority of population, its a dead end.
Can you give me some links showing how much "more energy" it takes to get the hydrogen seperated from the oxygen?
Ive looked into building a small hydrogen kit for my vehicle, and it didnt seem overly difficult, nor did it seem to use an exorbenant amount of electricity to do so. From what my limited brain capacity can understand, all you need to do is run a wire from your alternator to the hydrogen cell, then run a line from the cell to your IM or intake tube. You can buy these kits for 200 bucks, or just build your own for about 100. People have been seeing increases of 10mpg on small home-built kits...
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