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echo: homepowr
to: DAVE HALLIDAY
from: ROY J. TELLASON
date: 1996-09-20 08:28:00
subject: Steam

 DH> I don't see any real reason to spend several hundred to several 
 DH> thousand dollars to generate six watts of energy when I can go 
 DH> to a local fossil fuel vendor and buy several thousand watts of 
 DH> energy for less than a dollar!
 DH> Plus, you have all the hassles with hydrogen that most people 
 DH> kinda sweep under the rug or totally ignore.
 DH> Metal imbrittlement is a big problem.  It is also very poor in 
 DH> terms of density - how many watts can you pack into a cubic 
 DH> foot of space...
You raise some good points,  there.  Still,  I remember an article in,  I 
think it was Scientific American some years back,  called "The Hydrogen 
Economy" if I'm remembering right.  They were pretty optimistic in there...
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