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  • DOCTOR 30
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    • Aug 2006
    • 846
    #1

    Water As Fuel? Hydrogen Storage Problem Solved?

    http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/x/2007a/07...lHydrogen.html

    http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/s...leID=199601111

    Well whatta ya' know. Finally someone is moving their asses regarding getting hydrogen as a fuel source and solving some problems with it.
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    • GatorB
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      • Oct 2001
      • 18208
      #2
      I predict these 3 mysteriously die sometime soon.

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        • CDSmith
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          • May 2001
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          #3
          Originally posted by GatorB
          I predict these 3 mysteriously die sometime soon.

          That was my first thought.
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            • WebairGerard
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              • Sep 2005
              • 8113
              #4
              Originally posted by GatorB
              I predict these 3 mysteriously die sometime soon.

              Looks like they already took a few shots at the guy in the middle!

              seriously though, this is very promising!

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                • Screaming
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                  • Feb 2004
                  • 18972
                  #5
                  that would be sweet... but then who would gwb attack? niargra falls?

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                    • DOCTOR 30
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                      • Aug 2006
                      • 846
                      #6
                      Originally posted by Screaming
                      that would be sweet... but then who would gwb attack? niargra falls?
                      Now THAT'S friggin' funny!

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                        • RawAlex
                          So Fucking Banned
                          • Oct 2003
                          • 9465
                          #7
                          Nice idea. So instead of high priced gas, we can have super high priced water. I can live without gas. I can't live without water.

                          How much do you think water would cost in, say, south florida right now?

                          Unless they can do it with salt water, they are pretty much screwed.

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                            • TubeTitans_SusieQ
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                              • May 2007
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                              #8
                              Originally posted by GatorB
                              I predict these 3 mysteriously die sometime soon.

                              Yea im going to have to agree with that one lol





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                                • rapmaster
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                                  • Jan 2007
                                  • 1576
                                  #9
                                  I read "The Hydrogen Economy" a few years back after attending a lecture by Jeremy Rifkin. Some really interesting stuff - he thinks the energy revolution will be like the internet revolution - we will see.
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                                    • GatorB
                                      The Demon & 12clicks
                                      • Oct 2001
                                      • 18208
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by RawAlex
                                      Nice idea. So instead of high priced gas, we can have super high priced water. I can live without gas. I can't live without water.

                                      How much do you think water would cost in, say, south florida right now?

                                      Unless they can do it with salt water, they are pretty much screwed.
                                      You aren't too bright are you? Assuming the same milage per gallon, most people would use about 2-3 gallons a day. About 2 toilet flushes. Also do you drink sea water? Florida is surrounded by it, why is there a water problem? Oh yeah humans don't use it for drinking or watering their lawns or washing their clothes. Last time I check there is more than enough sea water to go around.

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                                        • tony299
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                                          • Aug 2002
                                          • 57021
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by GatorB
                                          I predict these 3 mysteriously die sometime soon.

                                          doesnt it suck but your right or their technology will be bought and put on on a shelf somewhere left to rot

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                                            • Z
                                              Vidi Vici Veni
                                              • Nov 2002
                                              • 6308
                                              #12
                                              "They" will never let this or anything like it happen.

                                              (adjusting my tin foil hat and relaxing on the cot in my bomb shelter)

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                                                • CosmicTang
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                                                  • Feb 2007
                                                  • 1478
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by RawAlex
                                                  Nice idea. So instead of high priced gas, we can have super high priced water. I can live without gas. I can't live without water.

                                                  How much do you think water would cost in, say, south florida right now?

                                                  Unless they can do it with salt water, they are pretty much screwed.
                                                  They can do it with seawater. The deuterium in sea water holds so much potential energy that one gallon of seawater has the same amount of energy as 300 gallons of gasoline.
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                                                    • King Adam
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                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by Screaming
                                                      that would be sweet... but then who would gwb attack? niargra falls?


                                                      It sure would be nice to rely other power sources. If there was no need for gas, all those middle eastern countries that live off oil sales would never make enough money to support their terrorist networks. Lets keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best.

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                                                        • After Shock Media
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                                                          • Mar 2001
                                                          • 35299
                                                          #15
                                                          Fuck that bottled water is already more expensive than gas per gallon.

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                                                            • GatorB
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                                                              • Oct 2001
                                                              • 18208
                                                              #16
                                                              Originally posted by Z
                                                              "They" will never let this or anything like it happen.

                                                              (adjusting my tin foil hat and relaxing on the cot in my bomb shelter)
                                                              Fact is that if reagan and Bush 1 hadn't cut off funding for solar energy we'd have solor powered cars by now and houses that run on solar energy.

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                                                                • After Shock Media
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                                                                  • Mar 2001
                                                                  • 35299
                                                                  #17
                                                                  Originally posted by GatorB
                                                                  Fact is that if reagan and Bush 1 hadn't cut off funding for solar energy we'd have solor powered cars by now and houses that run on solar energy.
                                                                  Solar is still a future pipe dream.

                                                                  We need nuclear power plants.

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                                                                    • IllTestYourGirls
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                                                                      • Feb 2007
                                                                      • 14311
                                                                      #18
                                                                      Originally posted by GatorB
                                                                      Fact is that if reagan and Bush 1 hadn't cut off funding for solar energy we'd have solor powered cars by now and houses that run on solar energy.
                                                                      And if JFK didnt die we would have flying cars!

                                                                      Like someone said before, I can live without gas but I can not live without water. Water already costs $1 a gallon at best at a store.

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                                                                        • After Shock Media
                                                                          It's coming look busy
                                                                          • Mar 2001
                                                                          • 35299
                                                                          #19
                                                                          Originally posted by IllTestYourGirls
                                                                          Like someone said before, I can live without gas but I can not live without water. Water already costs $1 a gallon at best at a store.
                                                                          Try 1.00 or more per 12 ounces.

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                                                                            • Dollarmansteve
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                                                                              • May 2005
                                                                              • 2849
                                                                              #20
                                                                              Once again it's time for Eco101:

                                                                              "Right now it costs more than $1 a pound to buy aluminum, and, at that price, you can't deliver a product at the equivalent of $3 per gallon of gasoline," Woodall said.

                                                                              There are lots of alternatives to gasoline out there, but they ARE TOO FREAKING EXPENSIVE!!!!

                                                                              A fuel and/or process should not be considered an 'alternative' until it's cost is competitive with the status quo. As long as gasoline is the cheapest way to fuel a car, gasoline will be king. This is not a 'threat' to the oil industry.
                                                                              I died.

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                                                                                • DOCTOR 30
                                                                                  So Fucking Banned
                                                                                  • Aug 2006
                                                                                  • 846
                                                                                  #21
                                                                                  Originally posted by Dollarmansteve
                                                                                  Once again it's time for Eco101:

                                                                                  "Right now it costs more than $1 a pound to buy aluminum, and, at that price, you can't deliver a product at the equivalent of $3 per gallon of gasoline," Woodall said.

                                                                                  There are lots of alternatives to gasoline out there, but they ARE TOO FREAKING EXPENSIVE!!!!

                                                                                  A fuel and/or process should not be considered an 'alternative' until it's cost is competitive with the status quo. As long as gasoline is the cheapest way to fuel a car, gasoline will be king. This is not a 'threat' to the oil industry.

                                                                                  Read on in the story and then read on more about how they can easily resolve the aluminum cost problem.

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                                                                                    • RawAlex
                                                                                      So Fucking Banned
                                                                                      • Oct 2003
                                                                                      • 9465
                                                                                      #22
                                                                                      Originally posted by GatorB
                                                                                      You aren't too bright are you? Assuming the same milage per gallon, most people would use about 2-3 gallons a day. About 2 toilet flushes. Also do you drink sea water? Florida is surrounded by it, why is there a water problem? Oh yeah humans don't use it for drinking or watering their lawns or washing their clothes. Last time I check there is more than enough sea water to go around.
                                                                                      Gator, unless they can run the thing on seawater, there would be a distinct shortage of water for fuel pretty much everywhere in the world. Safe drinking water still isn't available to a significant percentage of the population.

                                                                                      Do you have any clear idea how many gallons of fuel are used each day in the US? Do you have any idea what that type of volume of use would do to most lakes and reservoirs? Too many places (such as SoCal) barely get enough water as it is - making another 777 million gallons a day out of that would create a significant problem.

                                                                                      Further, if they are using seawater, they are going to need to find some way to get rid of all the excess salt. You can't dump it inland, because it would pollute the lands and pretty much kill off everything. You can't dump it into the drain, because it would end up salinizing lakes and rivers with the runoff. Not a good scenerio.

                                                                                      Let's go a little further. The other part of this deal is "beads of an aluminum-gallium alloy". I wonder what the power requirements are to create that alloy? Aluminum (and most metals) have to be heated to very high temperatures to be melted to be formed, which requires a fair bit of energy. That doesn't even consider the concepts of digging it out of the ground or transporting it to the smelter. It's sort of like ethanol / methanol: The total energy spent to create is more than the actual energy in the end product.

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                                                                                        • After Shock Media
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                                                                                          • Mar 2001
                                                                                          • 35299
                                                                                          #23
                                                                                          Originally posted by RawAlex
                                                                                          Further, if they are using seawater, they are going to need to find some way to get rid of all the excess salt. You can't dump it inland, because it would pollute the lands and pretty much kill off everything. You can't dump it into the drain, because it would end up salinizing lakes and rivers with the runoff. Not a good scenerio.
                                                                                          um talk to the fast food places, you know us americans and salt.

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                                                                                            • kane
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                                                                                              • Aug 2001
                                                                                              • 20684
                                                                                              #24
                                                                                              this is a step in the right direction but I think we are probably 20+ years away from any real affordable long term solution. There are things that could be done now like using solar and wind power to create electricity for cities, but for some reason we don't do that.

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                                                                                                • TTiger
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                                                                                                  • Mar 2002
                                                                                                  • 3030
                                                                                                  #25
                                                                                                  Originally posted by GatorB
                                                                                                  Fact is that if reagan and Bush 1 hadn't cut off funding for solar energy we'd have solor powered cars by now and houses that run on solar energy.
                                                                                                  well not here in quebec during winter

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                                                                                                    • Screaming
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                                                                                                      • Feb 2004
                                                                                                      • 18972
                                                                                                      #26
                                                                                                      Name: Aluminum
                                                                                                      Symbol: Al
                                                                                                      Atomic Number: 13
                                                                                                      Atomic Mass: 26.981539 amu
                                                                                                      Melting Point: 660.37 °C (933.52 K, 1220.666 °F)

                                                                                                      thats not that hot really..

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                                                                                                        • notabook
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                                                                                                          • Apr 2006
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                                                                                                          #27
                                                                                                          Fusion power is the future. And if you vote for Bill Richardson, the future is now (well, technically soon, though practically now).

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                                                                                                            • RawAlex
                                                                                                              So Fucking Banned
                                                                                                              • Oct 2003
                                                                                                              • 9465
                                                                                                              #28
                                                                                                              Originally posted by Screaming
                                                                                                              Name: Aluminum
                                                                                                              Symbol: Al
                                                                                                              Atomic Number: 13
                                                                                                              Atomic Mass: 26.981539 amu
                                                                                                              Melting Point: 660.37 °C (933.52 K, 1220.666 °F)

                                                                                                              thats not that hot really..
                                                                                                              Ummm, calculate the amount of energy (in joules) required to raise the metal to that temperature. That is the amount of energy "lost" in the process of making aluminum to be able to be used for this sort of thing. Combining the aluminum alloy with water would (pound for pound) likely generate much less energy than was put into the system.

                                                                                                              The same issue exists for corn based products, as the energy required to convert the product from corn to ethanol requires more energy than is left in the ethanol. It is a net loss production, because in it's natural state, the corn has very little potential energy of it's own (unless maybe you burn it directly). Oil and natural gas are attractive fuels because mother nature has done the converting, provide a base product that has the energy already in it.

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                                                                                                                • GatorB
                                                                                                                  The Demon & 12clicks
                                                                                                                  • Oct 2001
                                                                                                                  • 18208
                                                                                                                  #29
                                                                                                                  Originally posted by RawAlex
                                                                                                                  Gator, unless they can run the thing on seawater, there would be a distinct shortage of water for fuel pretty much everywhere in the world. Safe drinking water still isn't available to a significant percentage of the population.

                                                                                                                  Do you have any clear idea how many gallons of fuel are used each day in the US? Do you have any idea what that type of volume of use would do to most lakes and reservoirs? Too many places (such as SoCal) barely get enough water as it is - making another 777 million gallons a day out of that would create a significant problem.

                                                                                                                  Further, if they are using seawater, they are going to need to find some way to get rid of all the excess salt. You can't dump it inland, because it would pollute the lands and pretty much kill off everything. You can't dump it into the drain, because it would end up salinizing lakes and rivers with the runoff. Not a good scenerio.

                                                                                                                  Let's go a little further. The other part of this deal is "beads of an aluminum-gallium alloy". I wonder what the power requirements are to create that alloy? Aluminum (and most metals) have to be heated to very high temperatures to be melted to be formed, which requires a fair bit of energy. That doesn't even consider the concepts of digging it out of the ground or transporting it to the smelter. It's sort of like ethanol / methanol: The total energy spent to create is more than the actual energy in the end product.
                                                                                                                  Well answer this. How come no one is concerned about ethenol which is made from CORN. Fact is if every bit of corn was used for ethenol we still wouldn't have enough. And every ear of corn that is used for ethenol drives up the price of corn for FOOD. Who cares if I save 25 cents a gallon on gas of my grocery bill goes up 25%.

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                                                                                                                    • D
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                                                                                                                      #30
                                                                                                                      Originally posted by GatorB
                                                                                                                      I predict these 3 mysteriously die sometime soon.

                                                                                                                      Doubt it... this time around, at least.

                                                                                                                      Hydrogen-based fuel technology is getting a lot more attention lately due to our impending return to the moon in 2018.

                                                                                                                      We already suspect there to be a couple heavy ice water deposits on it... and in the next few years, we'll know for certain if there is or not.

                                                                                                                      Ice Water would mean both a source of replenishment for those maintaining the moon base, and a source of fuel for return trips and outbound launches.
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                                                                                                                        • After Shock Media
                                                                                                                          It's coming look busy
                                                                                                                          • Mar 2001
                                                                                                                          • 35299
                                                                                                                          #31
                                                                                                                          Originally posted by GatorB
                                                                                                                          Well answer this. How come no one is concerned about ethenol which is made from CORN. Fact is if every bit of corn was used for ethenol we still wouldn't have enough. And every ear of corn that is used for ethenol drives up the price of corn for FOOD. Who cares if I save 25 cents a gallon on gas of my grocery bill goes up 25%.
                                                                                                                          I am it should be made from sugar for numerous reasons, corn is bad idea.

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                                                                                                                            • DOCTOR 30
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                                                                                                                              • Aug 2006
                                                                                                                              • 846
                                                                                                                              #32
                                                                                                                              Originally posted by RawAlex
                                                                                                                              Ummm, calculate the amount of energy (in joules) required to raise the metal to that temperature. That is the amount of energy "lost" in the process of making aluminum to be able to be used for this sort of thing. Combining the aluminum alloy with water would (pound for pound) likely generate much less energy than was put into the system.

                                                                                                                              The same issue exists for corn based products, as the energy required to convert the product from corn to ethanol requires more energy than is left in the ethanol. It is a net loss production, because in it's natural state, the corn has very little potential energy of it's own (unless maybe you burn it directly). Oil and natural gas are attractive fuels because mother nature has done the converting, provide a base product that has the energy already in it.
                                                                                                                              HEMP!

                                                                                                                              Hemp is one of if not THE most efficient plant to produce ethanol. It's easy to grow and cultivate in massive volumes. Not only that but it has so many alternate uses from clothing to medical to food you can't lose.

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                                                                                                                                • Vendzilla
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                                                                                                                                  • Mar 2004
                                                                                                                                  • 23200
                                                                                                                                  #33
                                                                                                                                  Originally posted by DOCTOR 30
                                                                                                                                  HEMP!

                                                                                                                                  Hemp is one of if not THE most efficient plant to produce ethanol. It's easy to grow and cultivate in massive volumes. Not only that but it has so many alternate uses from clothing to medical to food you can't lose.
                                                                                                                                  and any left overs we burn right?
                                                                                                                                  Carbon is not the problem, it makes up 0.041% of our atmosphere , 95% of that is from Volcanos and decomposing plants and stuff. So people in the US are responsible for 13% of the carbon in the atmosphere which 95% is not from Humans, like cars and trucks and stuff and they want to spend trillions to fix it while Solar Panel plants are powered by coal plants
                                                                                                                                  think about that

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                                                                                                                                    • kane
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                                                                                                                                      • Aug 2001
                                                                                                                                      • 20684
                                                                                                                                      #34
                                                                                                                                      Originally posted by Vendzilla
                                                                                                                                      and any left overs we burn right?
                                                                                                                                      Sadly you would have to smoke about 5 lbs of hemp to get high. It has hardly any THC in it.

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                                                                                                                                        • Gumballs
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                                                                                                                                          #35
                                                                                                                                          Originally posted by DOCTOR 30
                                                                                                                                          Read on in the story and then read on more about how they can easily resolve the aluminum cost problem.
                                                                                                                                          Great now they will learn how to corner the aluminum market and regulate the price like they do oil.

                                                                                                                                          Out of the frying pan into the fire.
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                                                                                                                                            • Phoenix
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                                                                                                                                              #36
                                                                                                                                              interesting read..thanks for sharing
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                                                                                                                                                • chodadog
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                                                                                                                                                  Unfortunately, this is not going to be a viable option for hydrogen. I don't think it ever will be. The price of aluminum is not going to come down enough. These smelters are putting out millions upon millions of tons of the stuff.

                                                                                                                                                  Also, one of the by-products is Aluminum Oxide which is extremely abrasive. If any of that gets into an internal combustion engine, then it's dead in a matter of hours.

                                                                                                                                                  I'd put money down that Hydrogen will be the fuel of the future, but not like this. It needs to be produced using renewable energy or using nuclear power.
                                                                                                                                                  26 + 6 = 1

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                                                                                                                                                    • Vendzilla
                                                                                                                                                      Biker Gnome
                                                                                                                                                      • Mar 2004
                                                                                                                                                      • 23200
                                                                                                                                                      #38
                                                                                                                                                      Originally posted by kane
                                                                                                                                                      Sadly you would have to smoke about 5 lbs of hemp to get high. It has hardly any THC in it.
                                                                                                                                                      well thats ok, I know a guy
                                                                                                                                                      Carbon is not the problem, it makes up 0.041% of our atmosphere , 95% of that is from Volcanos and decomposing plants and stuff. So people in the US are responsible for 13% of the carbon in the atmosphere which 95% is not from Humans, like cars and trucks and stuff and they want to spend trillions to fix it while Solar Panel plants are powered by coal plants
                                                                                                                                                      think about that

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                                                                                                                                                        • pornguy
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                                                                                                                                                          • Mar 2003
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                                                                                                                                                          #39
                                                                                                                                                          Originally posted by After Shock Media
                                                                                                                                                          Fuck that bottled water is already more expensive than gas per gallon.
                                                                                                                                                          I get 5 gallons for 70 cents.

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                                                                                                                                                            • sickbeatz
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                                                                                                                                                              #40
                                                                                                                                                              the steam engine was hidden for a reason... so rich rednecks could hill billy their happy lives in peace.

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                                                                                                                                                                • TGVinny
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                                                                                                                                                                  #41
                                                                                                                                                                  Sounds like a great idea, but seriously, for 350 miles you need 350 pounds of aluminum, that's a shit load to carry, are cars going to be the size of buses??

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                                                                                                                                                                    • DOCTOR 30
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                                                                                                                                                                      • Aug 2006
                                                                                                                                                                      • 846
                                                                                                                                                                      #42
                                                                                                                                                                      Originally posted by Gumballs
                                                                                                                                                                      Great now they will learn how to corner the aluminum market and regulate the price like they do oil.

                                                                                                                                                                      Out of the frying pan into the fire.
                                                                                                                                                                      Now here's a bright guy!

                                                                                                                                                                      You hit the nail right on the head. Guess which companies dominate the aluminum field?

                                                                                                                                                                      You got it, same companies that dominate the petroleum.

                                                                                                                                                                      Control goes from one to the other.

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                                                                                                                                                                        • Chio
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                                                                                                                                                                          #43
                                                                                                                                                                          Why is everyone so concerned about using water as a fuel?
                                                                                                                                                                          The by-product of a hydrogen engine *is* water.

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                                                                                                                                                                            • Pleasurepays
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                                                                                                                                                                              #44
                                                                                                                                                                              Originally posted by GatorB
                                                                                                                                                                              Fact is that if reagan and Bush 1 hadn't cut off funding for solar energy we'd have solor powered cars by now and houses that run on solar energy.
                                                                                                                                                                              you're right. the rest of the world is stupid and doesn't care. only americans are capable of these things. thats why it hasn't happened anywhere else in the world either.

                                                                                                                                                                              good point.

                                                                                                                                                                              you're brilliant.

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                                                                                                                                                                                • Nathan
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                                                                                                                                                                                  #45
                                                                                                                                                                                  Everyone keeps saying the problem is the cost of making the alloy and stuff like this..

                                                                                                                                                                                  I see a different problem.. 1 POUND OF THE ALLOY is needed to travel 1 MILE! Thats a bit much no?
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                                                                                                                                                                                    • RawAlex
                                                                                                                                                                                      So Fucking Banned
                                                                                                                                                                                      • Oct 2003
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                                                                                                                                                                                      #46
                                                                                                                                                                                      Originally posted by GatorB
                                                                                                                                                                                      Well answer this. How come no one is concerned about ethenol which is made from CORN. Fact is if every bit of corn was used for ethenol we still wouldn't have enough. And every ear of corn that is used for ethenol drives up the price of corn for FOOD. Who cares if I save 25 cents a gallon on gas of my grocery bill goes up 25%.
                                                                                                                                                                                      Actually, a rather large number of people are very concerned about this. Already the repercussions have been felt, right down to their being a shortage of corn meal to make tortillas and tacos in mexico (no joke).

                                                                                                                                                                                      Pure ethanol (or even methanol) are not really an answer because they are a negative energy source. However, they are a relatively decent replacement for a previously used chemical that was a known carcinogen that was used in the past to control knock and so on. Ethanol as about 5% of pump gas is economically supportable and very slightly lowers the US requirement for imported oil.

                                                                                                                                                                                      Remember the math: If 50% of the oil is imported, and you use 5% less overall, you can lower foreign sources by 10% (because you would continue to use your own sources to the fullest.

                                                                                                                                                                                      Nathan, you are correct, 1 pound per mile would mean that the car would be carrying 350 pounds of useless weight at all times in order to be able to go 350 miles. That would take about 1 square yard to store (about 3 by 3 by 3) packed in densely. Size wise not so bad, weight wise a real drag on the overall effectiveness of the car. 1 gallon of gas weighs in about 6 pounds, so at 35 miles per gallon (effecient car) you would need about 60 pounds of gas - so the aluminum fillup would be much heavier. Plus, of course, the needed water to do the deal.

                                                                                                                                                                                      In a sense, this sounds like it might be a better engine design for, say, an ocean liner or an oil drilling platform, example.

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                                                                                                                                                                                        • SmokeyTheBear
                                                                                                                                                                                          ►SouthOfHeaven
                                                                                                                                                                                          • Jun 2004
                                                                                                                                                                                          • 28609
                                                                                                                                                                                          #47
                                                                                                                                                                                          theres energy floating around us everywhere , we just need to harness it ..
                                                                                                                                                                                          hatisblack at yahoo.com

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                                                                                                                                                                                            • DaniBear
                                                                                                                                                                                              Registered User
                                                                                                                                                                                              • May 2007
                                                                                                                                                                                              • 54
                                                                                                                                                                                              #48
                                                                                                                                                                                              Look up Steven Horvarth and "Star Energy" they've got this NAILED!

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                                                                                                                                                                                                • DOCTOR 30
                                                                                                                                                                                                  So Fucking Banned
                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Aug 2006
                                                                                                                                                                                                  • 846
                                                                                                                                                                                                  #49
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Tesla Tesla Tesla

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                                                                                                                                                                                                    • BusterBunny
                                                                                                                                                                                                      perverted justice decoy
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Aug 2005
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • 19291
                                                                                                                                                                                                      #50
                                                                                                                                                                                                      ready....set......goooooooo
                                                                                                                                                                                                      my sig caught gonoherpasyphilaids and died

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