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To: Dog Gone
That's not correct. It doesn't convert into electricity at all.

See Fuel cell definition: A fuel cell is an electrochemical device similar to a battery, but differing from the latter in that it is designed for continuous replenishment of the reactants consumed; i.e. it produces electricity from an external fuel supply as opposed to the limited internal energy storage capacity of a battery.

What they are talking about is a process that allows efficient use of hydrocarbon compounds, rather than pure hydrogen, by making use of the carbon monoxide product of the reaction where hydrocarbon plus oxygen turns into carbon dioxide and water. More info at the link

16 posted on 09/17/2004 7:53:46 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor (That which does not kill me had better be able to run away damn fast.)
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To: SauronOfMordor
It doesn't matter. Sure, you can use hydrogen to produce eletricty, but at a net loss of electricty in the process. You cannot dispute this with any scientific facts.

There is no free lunch in physics. Hyrdrogen is, at best, a battery, for energy created elsewhere.

17 posted on 09/17/2004 9:18:30 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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