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Sure, but then methane is the actual main energy source (as well as whatever energy is put into the process). By steam reforming it, you're splitting out the carbon, leaving hydrogen.
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I'm sick and tired of the global warring what eve it is called. Cattle emit more co2 then a car. http://www.independent.co.uk/environ...rs-427843.html
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As far as stimulating the economy with an unfunded mandate , so there's a hint of sarcasm there. An unfunded mandate means the feds says the state has to make this happen, then they (the US) DOESN'T spend any money. Then the states work out charging stations with contractors using tax breaks and fee schemes. Then more powerplants get approved because they have to be. <----"small boon" to the economy. |
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If a business wants to produce cars that get better gas mileage, then they should be free to do so and no one is complaining about that. The complaint comes when a cadre of government bureaucrats/politicians dictate to businesses what gas mileage should be.
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Does this mean that people in rural areas should be allowed burn tires in their backyards and pour paint thinner into local streams because they're the only ones polluting air and water for hundreds of miles around? Just add up the population of small towns in rural states and see how much CO2 they produce as a whole. This isn't about air quality anyway. This is about the mythical 'Global Warming' and and dependence on oil from the Middle East. Quote:
I agree. The federal government has gotten really big over the past 8 years. Do you think that the fed's would step in if the all-powerful and influencial California wanted to lower the age of consent to 12? Because a 12 year old girl with D-cups and a baby face should be legal, right? Quote:
No danger? I'm sure you remember hearing about the Hindenberg when is went up in flames. Or maybe the first detonation of the Hydrogen bomb. Hydrogen is not just flammable, it's explosive when compressed and liquified. Add enriched radioactive materials and you've got the greatest car bomb ever known in the trunk of your car. Can't be mined? Yes it can. From extraterrestrial sources where it occurs naturally as a liquid, or in hydrogen rich compounds that could later be refined on Earth. |
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'Cause reading your post is like a breath of fresh air. I can tell from the few words you wrote that you actually know what you're talking about. |
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The trick is to capture the Hydrogen in one tank and the CO2 in another. CO2 is compressed, liquified, and sold just like Hydrogen, Helium, and Oxygen. I'm at work right now... in a chemical plant... and we are using CO2 that was delivered via tanker truck yesterday. |
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The hydrogen economy for vehicles was much hyped for a while, but it is quietly whithering. Fuel cells have never really made sense: you use electricity to make hydrogen, then you use hydrogen to make electricity. It makes more sense to develop better technologies to skip the middle step.
I don't know why people are doom and gloom over this really, the timing is a rough, but (again) you HAD to know this is the way things were headed. The current administration talked about it on the campaign trail. The former administration had the same basic Cafe goals, but by 2020. So it's always been when not if. The one thing that has changed is that gas hit $4.00/gal last summer and pushed people's willingness to accept faster changes. |
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I guess Idaho can't lose what it never had, right? The national average is so low compared to California because there are so many wide open spaces amongst the 'red' states... covering a lot of area, but aren't exactly industrially inclined. The more you've got, the more you've got to lose when times get tough. California does just fine when it comes to paying absurd taxes. We're all getting by, and have been for decades so I don't know what you're talking about. And I really don't understand what you're referring to when you say 'California Lifestyle' and there being some problem here.......? |
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Over-tax? Gimme a couple quotes... then give me a suggestion on what we should pay, if you are so wise. Technology & Innovation... what are you talking about? You just pulling this out of your ass or what? Give me one example of how California ignores advances in technology and puts down innovation. California can't help it if GM decided to build the Camaros in Canada, and base their company in Michigan. |
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And how is the helmet law not a smart law? Name one down-side to wearing a helmet. Tell me how it might negatively affect your health while you're going 75mph on the highway. And if it's not about emissions... then why do you morons keep bringing it up? Lack California is some whack-job state or something. Get over yourselves and join the party. Quote:
And you're right. Those old clunkers are disappearing for good! And pretty much any new car you buy will get twice the mileage of your old clunker. Yes, in the boonies, the concentration of vehicles is less. Maybe if everyone in California spread out (it's a big phuckin' state) then we could all pollute more than we do now... right? "Suffer from the Sunshine State Tax"? Who's suffering? I'm not. My 33 year old 10mpg getting Silverado passes smog with flying colors. Last I looked, it was only people from the other 49 states on here complaining about these CAFE standards and California's supposed influence on the whole thing. Quote:
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I like how everyone everwhere else thinks that we're suffering. And how they feel like they're suffering hahahahahahahahaahh Ahhhhhhhhhh sucks for you! I'm staying in Cali. Quote:
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