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Originally posted by mikellmikell
Originally posted by yahn goodey
i wonder how well these fuel cells or any water powered car will work in a cold climate say like in canada or russia in winter temperatures that can be -30 fahrenheit for weeks sometimes ?
perhaps water powered/fuel cell cars are just for hot climates only?
put up on blocks for winter and drive in summer ?
And now you see why lawyers will never let them happen. People driving around dumping water on the roads in January in Chicago just won't get it.
mikell
Originally posted by FatherLukeDuke
Originally posted by ALLis0NE
The energy needed to separate hydrogen from oxygen is far less then the energy that hydrogen makes when combusted. Over-unity.
Prove it.
Originally posted by ALLis0NE
I could make HHO gas with a 12 volt car battery. I can burn that HHO and it could melt through almost any metal. With a 12 volt car battery alone, I could NOT melt any metal. This means the water has more power than the battery.
When I burn the HHO, it turns back into water, which can be looped back into my fuel tank. Over-unity.
Originally posted by spikey
The drawback traditionally, as you would already know had you bothered to actually research some of the posts people make here, is that it has been more expensive in terms of energy (electricity) to fracture the H2o, and liberate the Hydrogen, than the extracted Hydrogen provides in terms of energy.
This and other methods of a similar ilk, work principly on new methods of achieving the same fracturing, the same liberating of the Hydrogen gas, only at a fraction of the energy needed to fracture the molecule previously.
Originally posted by FatherLukeDuke
That's not proof. For start you have mixed up the concepts of power and energy. Energy is the ability to do work, while power is the rate at which work is done. Water cannot be said to have more "power" than something.
Originally posted by FatherLukeDuke
When I burn the HHO, it turns back into water, which can be looped back into my fuel tank. Over-unity.
Expect you can't can you? Which is why you aren't driving around in a water powered car, and neither is anyone else.
Originally posted by ALLis0NE
I have not mixed up the concepts of "power and energy". LOL!!! They are both the same thing!
Energy
Physicists define the word energy as the amount of work a physical system is capable of performing. Energy, according to the definition of physicists, can neither be created nor consumed or destroyed.
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Power
Electrical power is usually measured in watt (W), kilowatt (kW), megawatt (MW), etc. Power is energy transfer per unit of time.
Power may be measured at any point in time, whereas energy has to be measured during a certain period, e.g. a second, an hour, or a year
Yes, water has more power than a 12 volt battery.
I can create electricity with water alone, and I can use that electricity to make HHO, and I can burn that HHO to boil water, to create steam, to turn a steam engine. Yes, I can do this with ONLY WATER.
Are you sure about that? Because you are actually posting this on a thread about Japanese people who run their cars off of water. .
Originally posted by FatherLukeDuke
Nonsense. Defining energy vs power is a classic school level physics question - must have passed you by?
Originally posted by FatherLukeDuke
OK Einstein, you tell me, in exact figures, how much power water has and how much power a 12v battery has? Please state your figures in kW.
Originally posted by FatherLukeDuke
Perhaps you could make me one? I'll pay you $100,000 for one. Or maybe you don't need the cash?
Originally posted by FatherLukeDuke
That is still the case I'm afraid. Hydrogen is at a higher energy state than water - you will always have to add energy.
About Shell Hydrogen
September 25, 2007
The development of hydrogen from its discovery as a chemical element to taking up a position as the most important source of energy of the future is a journey through the past and the future. A journey with ups and downs, with both loyal and lapsed fellow travellers, and in constantly changing circumstances.
Along this journey, Shell Hydrogen wishes to play a leading role and champion the realisation of a hydrogen-based economy. By actively collaborating with other market parties in creating an infrastructure for hydrogen that will enable this source of energy to become globally accessible for the everyday consumer. With this in mind, Shell has developed a clear strategy; a strategy that takes account of technical, economic and political developments, but at the same time is based on the company’s own ideas and its acquired expertise.
Who we are
Shell Hydrogen is a global business of the Shell Group with headquarters in The Hague, the Netherlands, and regional bases in Houston and Tokyo. Shell Hydrogen was set up in 1999 to pursue and develop business opportunities related to hydrogen and fuel cells.
Our goal
Our goal is to bring hydrogen into a retail setting. Shell already has a hydrogen platform of production nodes all over the world. Over 50 million tonnes are produced and consumed every year. Through existing and planned demonstration projects Shell Hydrogen is currently building up our experience in connecting these production nodes with our retail infrastructure. Bringing hydrogen out of its industrial settings into the everyday lives of people, to places where consumers can access it as a fuel for their vehicles.
Our strategy
We foresee the global hydrogen economy as a new structure in which hydrogen represents an important component of the portfolio of energy sources and fuels, and as a realistic alternative to the world's present wide-scale use of hydrocarbon fuels. The broad-based application of hydrogen offers a solution to current problems such as the dependency on finite fuels and uncertainty concerning energy supplies and air pollution Hydrogen could be a clean and abundant source of energy, to meet the world’s increasing demand. To actually be able to market hydrogen within the foreseeable future, Shell is operating along two channels. Firstly, Shell wishes to broaden its expertise, make the public more aware of the application and use of hydrogen by initiating and encouraging hydrogen-based projects. Secondly, Shell is actively supporting technological development essential for rendering hydrogen accessible to a broader market.
What we do
We work with partners to promote and support the development of the infrastructure and technical solutions that the world needs to make hydrogen a practical, safe and efficient fuel. We are actively involved in demonstration projects around the world. We are the only major energy company involved in fuel cell vehicle demonstrations in all three major hydrogen markets – Japan, North America and Europe. We are building new fuelling stations for hydrogen, or are adapting existing locations for that purpose. We are partners in two investment funds, supplying venture capital to early and latter stage companies in the hydrogen sector, to help develop the hydrogen economy.
Part of the Shell Group
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Houston Business Journal
by Monica Perin Houston Business Journal
Friday, November 19, 2004
Last week, Shell Hydrogen opened the first-ever hydrogen pump at a retail service station in Washington, D.C.
The event marked a milestone in an ongoing collaboration between Shell Oil Co., General Motors and the U.S. Department of Energy. The public/private coalition was created to demonstrate the viability of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and the refueling infrastructure that will be necessary to support them.
The retail station will service a fleet of GM minivans operating in the nation's capital, giving legislators and policymakers opportunities to ride in and drive the alternative-fuel vehicles.
Environment News Service
By J.R. Pegg
May 26, 2005
WASHINGTON, DC, May 26, 2005 (ENS) - Hydrogen is "the wave of the future," President George W. Bush said Wednesday during a visit to a hydrogen fueling station in Washington, D.C.
The clean fuel offers the United States a road away from its increasing dependence on foreign oil, said Bush, who again called on Congress to pass a comprehensive energy bill.
"Congress has been talking too long about the energy bill," Bush said. "I'm getting a little tired of waiting … for the sake of energy independence, they've got to get me a bill."
Originally posted by network dude If hydrogen costs the same as gas to produce, which I believe it is close if not a little bit more, wouldn't it get cheaper with mass production efforts? Forgetting all about those loony folks trying to use science to create a better tomorrow,
A boycott of one company would do nothing. Why? Demand at the other companies would suddenly skyrocket, limiting supply. That would cause prices to go up as supplies go down. And where are they going to get all the gas to meet the increased demand? From Exxon. Shell will just buy the gas Exxon isn't selling, and they'll pay a pretty penny for it.
Originally posted by zorgon
Yeah yeah I know Americans will never do without their cars... BUT If you BOYCOTT EXXON and their partners and bought only Shell or other non Exxon affiliate...
Now THAT would have power... How long do you think Exxon's Shareholders will put up with that?
Originally posted by nataylor
The only way a boycott would work is if you boycotted all gas, and actually reduced your consumption.
Originally posted by nataylorAnd where are they going to get all the gas to meet the increased demand? From Exxon. Shell will just buy the gas Exxon isn't selling, and they'll pay a pretty penny for it.