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  1. TomErgy

    What happened to the hype?

    There is a great 'thread' running on hydrogen as an energy source at: http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=384 I'll repeat the article by Mark Sardella that prompted numerous replies: The Hydrogen Hallucination - The 'Freedom Fuel' Leaves Us in Chains 9.25.03...
  2. TomErgy

    Impact of wind power on system dynamics

    dpc: These is obviously a backlash forming regarding turning over the generation market to independent power producers who are driven solely by economics. Perhaps market theory demonstrated that reliance upon competition makes sense for a critical commodity like electricity -- but there is a...
  3. TomErgy

    Impact of wind power on system dynamics

    Peebee: Thanks for your posts. I was out of town for a few days so I wasn't able to reply until now. In the meantime, however, I stumbled upon a couple of sources for what I was looking for. For a couple of sources, see: www.nrel.gov/docs/fy01osti/30547.pdf ...
  4. TomErgy

    What happened to the hype?

    Jay: Yeah -- I was just making a joke regarding hydrogen fusion. Unfortunate, at best, that we haven't found a way to develop fusion technology. Remember the hype a few years ago about cold fusion? I think that, in part, might have been somewhat responsible for getting the nation off track...
  5. TomErgy

    Impact of wind power on system dynamics

    We're likely to see a significant increase in the amount of wind generation in the United States -- especially if the Federal production tax credit is extended. I'm trying to gain an understanding of how this energy will interact with the other units in an existing power grid; and am hoping...
  6. TomErgy

    What happened to the hype?

    re: So we'd fuse hydrogen to generate power to split water to create hydrogen? Cool! You can carry it one step further -- hydrogen fusion to generate power to split water to create hydrogen to create power. I'm hoping that I live to see the day! If only we could create the vision as a...
  7. TomErgy

    What happened to the hype?

    Automotive Fuel Cells vs. IC Engines. I have a friend at Ford that has been working on their hydrogen-power IC engine project. Apparently they have concluded that the economics will favor IC engines, if we move toward a hydrogen economy -- although it could simply be their way of covering all...
  8. TomErgy

    What happened to the hype?

    I'd like to keep this dialogue about the comparison between fuel cells and batteries going for awhile -- an interesting topic. Battery/Fuel Cell Life. I agree that 5 year battery life is about right -- espeically for automotive applications where there is more abuse than in stationary...
  9. TomErgy

    What happened to the hype?

    re: Solar is used to split the water, the fuel cell puts it back together. This would seem to be a viable system in the future, but still appears to be a long way off. Question: I'm having a problem trying to understand the value of this concept. Is the hydrogen created through electrolysis...

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