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Producing hydrogen locally
nick hoffman — (archived)

1) Do you have any idea how MANY square metres of photovoltaics it will take to generate the hydrogen that one car will burn?

2) Have you considered the accident rate if every household has their own hydrogen gas generator and compressor station (or refrigerant plant). Hydrogen explosions/fires are spectacular. Remember the Hindenburg

3) That STILL doesn't make a hydrogen-powered car viable due to the ridiculous mass of the pressure tank or LH2 tank and refrigerator loop

4) Zubrin isn't an oil advocate. He's an out-of-the-box independent scientist and engineer who would love to be able to make something like hydrogen power a reality. His vision of a Mars mission is based on using the chemical energy of Hydrogen to produce rocket fuel from the Martian atmosphere. He has researched the subject and is likely to know FAR more about hydrogen than you do

5) What are your credential as an "Energy Expert"? Unless you have a genuine background here, you are less reliable than Wikipedia. You have NO review panel.

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