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>>THE ANSWER - LOW COST HYDROGEN FROM SUNLIGHT
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>>One simple solution I have is to reduce the cost of photovoltaics to
>>less than 7 cents a peak watt - and use that DC power to produce
>>hydrogen from DI water at very los cost. Then store that hydrogen in
>>empty oil wells - about 100 day supply is needed for a stable national
>>hydrogen supply system..
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> 7 cents a watt would be wonderful, but it's about 30:1 away from what
> anybody is doing, even at the research level. And if we had such
> power, the first rational use is to dump it into the grid, not convert
> it to hydrogen at absurd net efficiency.
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> Low cost solar would be great, but there's no particular link to
> hydrogen. Too many "advanced" energy concepts are predicated on
> ultra-cheap solar power, cheap enough to waste prodigiously. That
> ain't gonna happen.
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Anybody remember when they first started using nuclear, and electricity was going to be virtually free?
I guess that one didn't pan out either. )-;
Thanks, Rich