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Claim: Hydrogen powered cars for the masses one step closer to reality
WUWT ^ | 8/20/17 | Anthony Watts

Posted on 11/20/2017 11:04:13 AM PST by Signalman

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To: wildbill

it will have hundreds of miniature windmills Scotch-taped to the roof.

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Excellent idea. Will you call it a Tesla?
I’ll buy it, sight unseen. Will you also produce an 18-wheeler? Put me in for your sports car.


21 posted on 11/20/2017 11:42:25 AM PST by 353FMG
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To: b4its2late

My brother did that......................once....................


22 posted on 11/20/2017 11:43:37 AM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: marktwain

>>Combine Hydrogen with carbon<<

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In its simplest form it is called LNG and we in the USA have tons and tons of it.
Some day in the future the world will be begging us for it.


23 posted on 11/20/2017 11:47:07 AM PST by 353FMG
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To: wildbill

[[Scotch-taped to the roof.]]

Egads man- gorrila tape is much better


24 posted on 11/20/2017 11:48:14 AM PST by Bob434
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To: Revel

H2 is never stored outside unless “outside is about minus 260 degrees F.


25 posted on 11/20/2017 11:50:31 AM PST by 353FMG
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To: Red Badger

“So does gasoline..................”

Only gasoline vapor. We use it as a liquid.

Hydrogen is a gas at any human temp and can nearly instantly mix with oxygen.

But true, gasoline vapors can make an even bigger bang.


26 posted on 11/20/2017 11:51:29 AM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Signalman

Hey, “researchers”! Water vapor is the BIGGEST greenhouse gas. You will be putting tons of it into the air.
PS. Hydrogen is a gas. Also, the lightest element. You have to compress it into a tank that will fit into a car. The atoms are very small. The little suckers can escape through very little holes. Good luck with that. When you have 500 million cars with hydrogen tanks under pressure, some will be leaking. If it leaks into an enclosed space, such as a closed garage, the potential for some fireworks is high. A spark. A cigarette.
I know, gasoline is extremely volatile and also explosive, in the same situation, but it is not under pressure in the tank, and its atoms are pretty big. Oh, you thought you could liquefy your hydrogen! Yes, and when your cooler fails, and the hydrogen warms up, and increases its pressure, ...


27 posted on 11/20/2017 11:52:02 AM PST by I want the USA back (Cynicism may just keep you from going insane in a world that has chosen its own demise.)
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To: Mariner

My brother found out the hard way....................


28 posted on 11/20/2017 11:52:16 AM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Blew up his garage?


29 posted on 11/20/2017 11:53:12 AM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Signalman

I have long believed hydrogen cars were much more feasible than electric. Looks like they have finally figured out how to make the hydrogen as you go.


30 posted on 11/20/2017 11:56:09 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Signalman

ONLY 20 YEARS AWAY

And Sun Hydrogen energy is ONLY 20 years away.

After claiming that for the last 80 years,
you’ve just got to believe them.


31 posted on 11/20/2017 11:56:22 AM PST by TheNext
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To: Signalman

If this wasn’t pie in the sky it could furthermore be used as a water source, assuming the exhaust water wasn’t contaminated. It’d be great for an RV. Make your own potable water as you go.


32 posted on 11/20/2017 11:57:09 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: Revel

H2 is never stored outside unless “outside” is at about minus 260 degrees F. For car fuel use, H2 will be stored in liquid form. Look up what the storage temperature and pressure are at 80 degrees F and ask yourself what its effect will be in a car crash with H2 seepage.


33 posted on 11/20/2017 11:57:30 AM PST by 353FMG
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To: Mariner

If it works should we send all the muzzies back to the middle east?


34 posted on 11/20/2017 11:57:40 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: Mariner

No, he was fooling around and threw some gasoline on some hot coals from some brush we had burned “To get it going again.”......luckily it just scared the crap outta him, and he just rolled all over the ground to kill the flames...................


35 posted on 11/20/2017 11:59:01 AM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: Signalman

Device is “a step forward”.

So is cow dung energy.

Govt grants, get your grants here.


36 posted on 11/20/2017 11:59:27 AM PST by TheNext
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To: Signalman

Nano electrodes corrode. Will they be cleaned with a tooth pick?

Get your grant money here.


37 posted on 11/20/2017 12:01:09 PM PST by TheNext
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To: Red Badger

the reason I ask is because I had a buddy in Washington St who had the most wonderful shop. He restored cars.

40 x 40 with 12 ft ceiling and rafters above that. All steel.

Of course he had to heat it.

He brought in a Honda car with a leaky gas tank which dropped at least 3-4 gallons of unleaded regular on the painted concrete.

Then the electric heater kicked on later that night.

He was not in the the shop.

He made the news that night. Neighbors said they could see the fireball from nearly 3 miles away.


38 posted on 11/20/2017 12:02:28 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Mariner

Hope he had insurance!..................


39 posted on 11/20/2017 12:06:14 PM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: Red Badger

The flash point of hydrogen is extremely wide. This makes it very unstable. It’s small molecular size means it is also very hard to store without leaks, and it’s high ionic charge makes it spreads rapidly. In addition it’s range of air fuel ratios that support combustion is unusually large. All in all a veery dangerous gas.

Hydrogen tanks are an accident waiting to happen.


40 posted on 11/20/2017 12:07:13 PM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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