Hydrogen Fuel

2001-11-8 11:54:00

My Friends,

I'm not posting quite as regularly with this current series because it's requiring quite a bit of research in addition to writing time. We have just a few more sections and then we will return to White Magic. I thought I'd make a short post to keep in touch.

The more I progress on this topic of Nuclear Energy the more I realize the great opportunity for energy independence and abundance that we have missed out on. The sad thing is that the real New Age has been delayed by many who have been given the title of "new agers." I guess this compares to Christianity being damaged by Christians.

Thanks for the posts on hydrogen fuels, Travis and Brian. The hydrogen balls sound interesting. The good part is that their transporting will be much easier and economical than the hydrogen itself.

They weren't clear on how the release hydrogen gets into your fuel tank. I assume some type of service station would use the balls to release hydrogen and then supply the consumer.

I did write a short article on hydrogen fuel awhile back. I'll quote it again:

"The second innovation not on the market yet, but expected within five years by Ford Motor Company is an engine that uses hydrogen fuel cells. Mazda is also working on one that uses their rotary engine.

"As you know water is two parts hydrogen so the potential supply is as unlimited as the ocean. A hydrogen engine burns no petroleum at all and pollutes much less. The greenhouse gas of carbon monoxide is not released. Even so there is some pollution. Because it burns at a high temperature it causes the nitrogen in the air to chemically react with oxygen to form nitrogen monoxide which further reacts to form nitrogen dioxide which is a pollutant.

"At present most hydrogen is produced from natural gas so we are largely trading one fuel for another in its production. Extracting hydrogen from water takes large quantities of electricity which requires the burning of large quantities of coal which of course pollutes the air.

"Another problem is that for some time to come the burning of hydrogen would cost over 50% more than gasoline."

Because the production of hydrogen fuel requires more energy to create than it gives off then this demands the need for cheap and clean electrical energy more than ever.

If we would use our current technology and somehow streamline the creation of nuclear power plants by neutralizing the negative power of activists then we could open up the way to either hydrogen engines or more efficient engines that run on pure electricity.