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OKIsItJustMe

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15. Do other forms of recovered energy not count then?
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 09:07 PM
Aug 2016
Cogeneration is a technology used with standard combustion to increase our efficiency in using energy (why not with fuel cells as well?)
This message was self-deleted by its author MichiganVote Aug 2016 #1
Actually, since so called "renewable energy" is an expensive failure... NNadir Aug 2016 #3
I'm a strong supporter of alternative and renewable fuels, but hydrogen scares the hell out of me. tonyt53 Aug 2016 #2
Don't worry about it. People have been running this hydrogen scam for generations. NNadir Aug 2016 #4
Do you trust gasoline-powered cars? OKIsItJustMe Aug 2016 #9
That's why we LWolf Aug 2016 #5
"When produced using renewable energy" progressoid Aug 2016 #6
And it's even worse than that caraher Aug 2016 #7
Or maybe not OKIsItJustMe Aug 2016 #10
I don't see the immediate relevance to transportation, the subject of the OP caraher Aug 2016 #13
Relevance to the OP OKIsItJustMe Aug 2016 #14
Or maybe not OKIsItJustMe Aug 2016 #11
That 86% figure is pretty squirrely caraher Aug 2016 #12
Do other forms of recovered energy not count then? OKIsItJustMe Aug 2016 #15
Southeast Asia’s First Renewable Hydrogen-Based Energy Storage and Power Plant Awarded to Hydrogeni… OKIsItJustMe Aug 2016 #16
We're over 400 ppm of CO2 permanently and we're still focusing on this piddling... NNadir Aug 2016 #17
18 trillion watts (18 million megawatts) for a year = 570 exajoules, I think progree Aug 2016 #18
You are correct. In my anger at the stupidity of the post, I left out the "Mega" prefix... NNadir Aug 2016 #19
So in 30 years, hydrogen cars might be as cheap to drive as electric cars are today??? NickB79 Aug 2016 #8
Only if there are no improvements in battery storage technology over that 30 years.. mackdaddy Aug 2016 #20
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