Posted on 04/25/2022 10:03:50 AM PDT by Red Badger
I was pointing out that there should be some platinum available for the new fuel cells on cars with the deletion of the catalytic converter from cars. Since the article doesn’t go into detail about how much is required to create the fuel cells, and I have no knowledge as to how much is used in a catalytic converter this should provide some cost benefit.
Do they both require the same amount of platinum, or more, or less? The cost savings will vary on those questions.
I used to work with some Real Smart People who were members of the Chicago Catalysis Club. It sounds funny til you understand how important catalysts are to just about everything. Don’t like being told to buy an EV? Better love your catalysts then, cuz those big honkin things you see driving past a refinery aren’t called “cat crackers” because they meow.
And so far we're talking about industrial scale stuff. That is the problem. Fossil fuels work very well at industrial scale levels too until the gubment makes it hard to use them. Edison cells or any other kind of future power will suffer the same fate.
The only power applications I'm interested in are the ones I can do myself.
In both instances the quantity is small, but at today’s price of 915+ dollars an ounce it don’t take much..............
Way, way, way down just around the corner .... see that speck in the distance?
Interesting. But the drawback to “green hydrogen” is that it is too costly and too hard to manage. Never be scalable for any intended use, other than niches.
Water vapor is by far the biggest 'greenhouse' gas in our atmosphere.
And the most powerful....................
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