Hydrogen-Powered Hype
Finally, an efficient way to make hydrogen! It's so simple and efficient! Yay! Time for hydrocars and hydrobikes and hydrolawnmowers and hydroboats and hydro...er, planes.
::scratching head::
Uh... anyway, now the righteous crusaders and Happy-Tree-Friend True Protectors of Earth and Humanity can finally stick it to the greedy, mean ol' oil companies, right? A long-awaited accounting is at hand; vengeance shall be theirs as they send the oil executives scurrying for cover in a frothing panic! Big Oil was wrong, wrong, wrong! Oh, the happy, halcyon days ahead! You can almost hear them cheering nasally and pumping their anemic, pasty-white little fists in triumph.
That euphoria will last until they read the article, then the Happy Hippie train flies off the tracks and burns them all to death in a fiery, diesel-fueled crash.
You see, this efficent manner of hydrogen production involves converting propane, diesel, and yes even the Vile Hated Monster gasoline into hydrogen. Oh, the cruel irony.
Delicious, isn't it? Would you like some hydrocarbon sprinkles on top? Just say when...
::scratching head::
Uh... anyway, now the righteous crusaders and Happy-Tree-Friend True Protectors of Earth and Humanity can finally stick it to the greedy, mean ol' oil companies, right? A long-awaited accounting is at hand; vengeance shall be theirs as they send the oil executives scurrying for cover in a frothing panic! Big Oil was wrong, wrong, wrong! Oh, the happy, halcyon days ahead! You can almost hear them cheering nasally and pumping their anemic, pasty-white little fists in triumph.
That euphoria will last until they read the article, then the Happy Hippie train flies off the tracks and burns them all to death in a fiery, diesel-fueled crash.
You see, this efficent manner of hydrogen production involves converting propane, diesel, and yes even the Vile Hated Monster gasoline into hydrogen. Oh, the cruel irony.
Delicious, isn't it? Would you like some hydrocarbon sprinkles on top? Just say when...
posted by Jar(egg)head at 12:01
2 Comments:
Hmmm.... Hydrogen powered transporation you say?
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Just kidding, I'm in favor hydrogen power, but how may chances do you get to post a pic of the Hindenburg going *FOOM*?
But it's still quite relevant. The Hindenberg was billed as the safest, most modern airship ever built. It was full of safety features and interlocks to prevent accidental hydrogen ignition, and the engineers assured everyone that it was perfectly safe to travel onboard.
So you'll pardon me if I'm skeptical whenever some hot-air-powered pundit tells me how technology can make hydrogen-powered cars safe and efficient.
Besides all that, who's going to build the infrastructure? You can't use the existing petroleum distribution infrastructure; it's not designed for volatile high-pressure gases.
Hydrogen is a great idea with very little meat on its bones. We're better off building fission plants and improving electrical cars. At least I can charge them in my garage.
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