Thread: Gasoline is becoming worthless

Originally Posted by qwerty

There are proposals to use solar power to split H20 into H and O and then fill car fuel tanks with the H.

Yes, but it is exceedingly inefficient compared to battery electric. By a factor of 3 to 4. Fuel cells are not very efficient and are expensive compared to batteries and require very expensive catalysts.

Originally Posted by Takeovers

Industrial hydrogen is almost exclusively produced from methane.

the linde hydrogen plant I worked with split ammonia to produce hydrogen

Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai

Aaaa Hem .
actually you are wrong until you, can prove it with actual numbers. I mean you must have a reason why you think you are right. Right?

Hmm. Simply Google "US does not have enough electricity for everyone to have an electric car" LMGTFY

Originally Posted by baldrick

the linde hydrogen plant I worked with split ammonia to produce hydrogen

Ammonia production involves methane.

Originally Posted by baldrick

the linde hydrogen plant I worked with split ammonia to produce hydrogen

Using Ammonia As Jet Fuel - Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Originally Posted by VocalNeal

Hmm. Simply Google "US does not have enough electricity for everyone to have an electric car" LMGTFY

And most of the links on the first page say that states can probably grow sufficiently to accommodate it if there is investment in renewables.

Not to mention that I would imagine peak demand for charging cars would be when you are asleep and demand is low.