That is an absolute rort. The car 'uses a process to split water into hydrogen and oxygen', does it? Basic chemistry applies here: you will have to put in more energy into splitting up the water into its constituent elements than you will once you burn the hydrogen. Amusing to think that the Joh car was basically running along with a small nuclear reactor under its bonnet, though (if it did run).
This is a perennial myth of the green industry, that splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen is a viable fuel source.
It sort of makes sense if there is a chemical process undertaken in factories that naturally produces hydrogen. Hard to imagine that ever becoming a decent baseload power source in that circumstance, though.
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That is an absolute rort. The car 'uses a process to split water into hydrogen and oxygen', does it? Basic chemistry applies here: you will have to put in more energy into splitting up the water into its constituent elements than you will once you burn the hydrogen. Amusing to think that the Joh car was basically running along with a small nuclear reactor under its bonnet, though (if it did run).
ReplyDeleteThis is a perennial myth of the green industry, that splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen is a viable fuel source.
It sort of makes sense if there is a chemical process undertaken in factories that naturally produces hydrogen. Hard to imagine that ever becoming a decent baseload power source in that circumstance, though.