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Old 01-28-2008 | 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by aerospacepilot
And how do we get H2 of earth? We have to use electricity to turn water in hydrogen. And where do we get the electricity from? No matter how you slice it, we need to use a renewable form of energy in our power grid, otherwise hydrogen is just a method of energy storage, not a form of energy.
A professor at MIT has developed a way to use an aluminum alloy that will start a chemical process of separating the hydrogen from the oxygen. It's not the traditional method of using electricity.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6Rb_rDkwGnU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHXw1QkqV9w

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