CHICAGO (AFP) - US researchers have developed a method of producing hydrogen gas from biodegradable organic material, potentially providing an abundant source of this clean-burning fuel, according to a study released Monday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071112/sc_afp/ussciencefuel
Gotta love Chi-Town (first atom split here too BTW)
http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/timeline/atomicuc.html
2007-11-12 17:06:21 · 9 answers · asked by Chi Guy 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
- "This process produces 288 percent more energy in hydrogen than the electrical energy that is added in the process," said Bruce Logan, a professor of environmental engineering at Penn State. -
2007-11-12 17:12:06 · update #1
See, we don't need to put so much emphasis on supporting our oil interests in the Middle East. We need to move away from burning fossil fuels so rampantly anyway.
2007-11-12 17:10:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless something major changes, like the entire human race will die unless we stop using oil, I don't think any other fuel alternatives will ever get started. We have tons of other ways to produce clean fuel but as always, money and power comes into play. Key word in your question is "cheap".
2007-11-13 04:11:33 · answer #2 · answered by Canucker 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Australians have worked out a way to make perfectly clean energy out of sunlight and water.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2004-08/uons-vne082404.php
http://www.unsw.edu.au/news/pad/articles/2004/aug/Solar_hydrogenMNE.html
2007-11-13 01:33:01 · answer #3 · answered by Sageandscholar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I Find this Very Hard to Believe, Do you Have the Citation?
I can't Find the Paper, if I don't Have the Paper, then this is Just Cold Fusion.
2007-11-13 01:31:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Would this be for heating and cooling homes or for Autos. Would the instillation to your Auto and or home be expensive? If not i am all for it.
If it would be expensive up front most people could not pay the initial instillation.
2007-11-13 01:27:46 · answer #5 · answered by ♥ Mel 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Research must focus on how to convert human waste to methane and make it as a source of fuel.
2007-11-13 01:17:23 · answer #6 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Let's see what happens when the dust settles. I believe it is far too early to be calling this a breakthrough.
2007-11-13 01:29:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
search steorn
there have been new energy technologies for 50 years and we still use the same ones
2007-11-13 01:13:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope this gets the attention it deserves, because we need it badly.
2007-11-13 01:16:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋