>Spliting hydrogen & oxygen from water requires a minmum of 1.7
volts input, with a return of 1.23 volts.Thus 0.47 volts consumed.

I am not just nitpicking here. But this comment is like a surgeon
using scissors when a scalpel is needed. I wouldn't go to such a
surgeon.
A volt not a measure of anything that can be consumed. That's amps,
which is a measure of current, or watts, which is power (A*V). Think
of a river. Amps are the volume of water passing any mark at any
time. Volts are the slope of the river. Watts is the total push this
amount of water will be able to exert on an obstacle, given the slope.
I have read the article, and am impressed by its accuracy and
thoroughness. It expresses all my reservations about gaseous hydrogen
as an energy storing mechanism (it is not a source, but a sort of a
battery). My only disagreement with the writer is his approval of
fuel alcohol. No amount of fuel alcohol can do more than dent the
problem, and its generation will inevitably cause food shortages by
taking up land. Some can be generated from agricultural wastes, but
only by using farming practices that mine the soil and use artificial
fertiliser. But artificial fertilisers are heavily sourced from
fossil fuels. Those 'agricultural wastes' should be returned to the
soil to feed it.
The only solution is to end humanity's addiction to moving things
and people around.
:(
Bob

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