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lumberjack_jeff

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1. He's right. Hydrogen sucks.
Wed Feb 25, 2015, 05:47 PM
Feb 2015

There are two ways of making hydrogen: 1) electrolysis of water or 2) reformation of natural gas. The problem with the former is that it takes more electrical energy to split the Hydrogen atoms from the Oxygen than you can get from the Hydrogen... plus you have to transport it to the filling station. The problem with the latter is that breaking apart hydrocarbons (as the name implies) leaves you with mass quantities of CO2 as a byproduct. And then you still need to transport the hydrogen to the filling station.

Scientists are working on a battery design that enables drivers to dump the depleted electrolyte slurry from their Lithium Ion batteries at a filling station, refill with charged electrolyte and drive away. The filling station then recharges the electrolyte and uses it to fill up the next customer.

300 mile range, cheaper and depending on how the electricity is generated, potentially zero emissions.

It's EV for me.

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He's right. Hydrogen sucks. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2015 #1
+1000 F4lconF16 Feb 2015 #2
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Thank you for your reply. Welcome to DU. NT mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2015 #4
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