Water is made of Hydrogen and Oxygen (H2O). Fish have a natural way of extracting oxygen from water using their gills. They seem to do this without expending much energy. If the oxygen is extracted from water this would leave the hydrogen. The hydrogen can then be burned in the oxygen creating energy and harmless byproduct - water. Then the cycle can be repeated.
So logically it should be possible to manufacture some artificial gills (probably using meta-materials) to to split oxygen and hydrogen to produce energy. With enough research this could be done on an industrial scale.
Hence, crisis solved! Who's with me? Any (nay sayers) see any possible problems with this?
2006-10-24
22:31:48
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