Saturday, January 27, 2007

Hydrogen - Fuel of the Future

Using solar panels to generate hydrogen, a car can travel without creating greenhouse gases. The exhaust is water. We need to move to a hydrogen economy now. Solar power can be used to generate electricity which can then split water into hydrogen and oxygen.

The heart of the system is an electrolyser that creates the hydrogen gas from water. The hydrogen gas is then pressurized and stored in tanks that can be used to fuel a car.

Using fuel cells the car converts the hydrogen into electricity. John Titor talked about fuel cells becoming important in the future. Perhaps we are getting a glimpse now of things to come.

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