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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
From HP
I wonder if it would facilitate transporting hydrogen as fuel?
From Roosta
Because of Aerogel's tremendous insulating properties, there are a bunch of researchers working on how the make it in volume, economically.  |
Numerous technical publications from IEEE Spectrum to Scientific American do the numbers. The numbers are glaring. Hydrogen does not make a good fuel. Estimates for the loss of energy when using Hydrogen fuel are as high as 70%.
We don't need a new fuel. We must address and fix the energy efficiency problem. The solution was so obvious even with the pre-WWII disiel electric locomotive. Why was the steam engine so quickly obsoleted? It could not adapt to changing load conditions.
The conventional gasoline engine is also a pig because it too is pathetic at adapting to changing loads. The efficiency problem is why trucks use diesel. That solution is found in innovation such as the Hybrid engine.
Look back just at pre - WWII automotive technology. The history is quite profound. When America was innovating, then America was also getting more energy from each gallon of gas. Even late 1960 engines of same size as V-8s in SUV averaged 18 MPG. Todays SUVs average more like 12 MPG - because they don't even have to use current technologies -let alone innovate into new technologies.
How to destroy the innovation movement. Hype Hydrogen as a solution. Then when it does not work (like GM's electric car the EV-1), then blame the innovation movement. It is a formula that guarantees a status quo - what MBA trained managers love. Yes bean counters fear change and innovation, in part, because change and innovation cannot be measured on a spread sheet. One actually has to first get dirt under the fingernails.
Do the energy creation, transport, and storage numbers for hydrogen. They do not work. But those such as GM who promote the hydorgen as a fuel nonsense are the same people who don't even know nor ever did design something. The numbers don't work. But MBA spread sheets don't measure science. It measures dollars. Hydrogen as a fuel is a lie that avoids the real problem we have in America - a shortage of innovations that would create greater efficiencies - including less pollution.
What countries get the new jobs 20 years from now? Those who set the standards for efficiency, environmental standards, etc. Why is CA the heart of this nation's wealth? They innovate. They set standards that result in new products 10 and 20 years from now. Solve the efficiency problems today, and America makes the new products that all other nations (especially China) need tomorrow. Hydrogen exists in that solution - but not as a fuel.