Wow, well that doesn't sound very efficient at all, does it! Maybe one day, they'll develop a more efficient process. I guess that we're married to fossil fuels for a while to come.Maury Beniowski said:The problem with electrolysis, is one must expend more energy to extract hydrogen and oxygen, than hydrogen ends up producing. Storage is also a problem, due to the reactivity of these elements. Nuclear subs already have an abundance of electricity, and the energy derived negates the need for hydrogen onboard. Hence, the only useful product being oxygen, and hydrogen being waste.
The formula for this is 1.4 joules of electricity is injected to produce 1 joule of hydrogen, and the accompanying oxygen. On the other hand, (if one was after hydrogen as an energy source) if fossil fuels are used to provide this energy, pollution becomes a problem thereby defeating the benefit of using a fuel cell to achieve this. It would be more efficient to use fossil fuel directly, so we're back to square one. Until a more clever method is discovered, we will continue to chase our own tail.
Interesting that the oil companies are making record profits this year. SUPPOSEDLY, they had to raise the prices at the pumps to cover the increase of wholesale costs of crude. If they're making even MORE money now, that must not be true.
What's gasoline cost per litre up there now?





