It seems cleaner than surface mining for rare earth minerals for gigantic car batteries, that also need to be powered by external sources such as coal or oil, and then become chemical waste when expired.
At least the two chemicals in water are hydrogen, the most abundant element in the universe and oxygen, something we breath every day.
I believe water ignites magnesium. Could one of the byproducts be hydrogen?
I am not a chemist and don't imply I am. I just wonder if maybe a chemical reaction could create hydrogen instead of using lots of external power.
If you have lots of hydrogen lying around, its a great fuel. Burn hydrogen and get water vapor!!! Problem is, hydrogen is reactive/explosive in air and is not found in its atomic state. It combines with oxygen to form water. A most abundant substance on earth. According to Wikipedia hydrogen makes up 0.000055% of the atmosphere so there is not much to get that way. NASA fills rocket tanks with liquid hydrogen so we can make it easy enough. But it take a lot of energy. That's the rub. If it were competitive with gasoline it would be here. Greenies are pushing it, but haven't thought everything through as usual.
I agree with you.
It seems cleaner than surface mining for rare earth minerals for gigantic car batteries, that also need to be powered by external sources such as coal or oil, and then become chemical waste when expired.
At least the two chemicals in water are hydrogen, the most abundant element in the universe and oxygen, something we breath every day.
I believe water ignites magnesium. Could one of the byproducts be hydrogen?
I am not a chemist and don't imply I am. I just wonder if maybe a chemical reaction could create hydrogen instead of using lots of external power.
If you have lots of hydrogen lying around, its a great fuel. Burn hydrogen and get water vapor!!! Problem is, hydrogen is reactive/explosive in air and is not found in its atomic state. It combines with oxygen to form water. A most abundant substance on earth. According to Wikipedia hydrogen makes up 0.000055% of the atmosphere so there is not much to get that way. NASA fills rocket tanks with liquid hydrogen so we can make it easy enough. But it take a lot of energy. That's the rub. If it were competitive with gasoline it would be here. Greenies are pushing it, but haven't thought everything through as usual.
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I appreciate your thorough follow ups and insights.