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Old 05-11-2006, 07:49 PM   #7
xoxoxoBruce
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Originally Posted by Kagen4o4
there are plenty of new energy sources! governments just make too much off oil.
Nope, we could run our cars on pixie dust and flea farts, the government would figure out how to make it pay.

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Originally Posted by Beestie
Hydrogen is the answer. Volitile and plentiful and the byproduct is inert. I don't understand the hold up.
Plentiful? Water is plentiful when you die of thirst in a lifeboat, too.
Hydrogen is plentiful but not in a form we can use. It has to be separated from something else, like oxygen in the case of water. Separating takes energy....lots and lots of energy. That's the holdup.
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