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To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA
"BTW, storage would not have to be a big problem. First off, you would only need to store a couple of days worth of hydrogen. That's a lot easier to manage than storing fuel for a month or more (as in the propane tanks). Also, hydrogen storage isn't limited to pressure tanks."

Actually, there is an engineer in (I think it was) New Jersey who built his own home "hydrogen energy system". For storage, he used old propane tanks. He just used bigger tanks and stored under lower pressure. His "one off" system was quite expensive, but most of that was "in the engineering". He was developing a business to sell such systems to "rich guys who own islands" and who wanted all the amenities of civilization, but cheaper than boating in diesel. His estimated cost per system wasn't all "that" unreasonable for "boonies" operations. I'll see if I can find that article again....it's been a few years since I read it.

24 posted on 08/11/2011 1:59:19 PM PDT by Wonder Warthog
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To: Wonder Warthog

It was on the order of $500k - he used solar to crack hydrogen, then used the hydrogen to make electricity.

It worked - he powered his house.


27 posted on 08/11/2011 2:21:34 PM PDT by patton (I am sure that I have done dumber things in my life, but at the moment, I am unable to recall them.)
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