Re: New technology to stop a war

Nigel Kerr wrote:
> "Bob P" <ctcboater@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:OcaFf.10620$NS6.4049@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> ...
>>>> To understand how these water-fuel systems work, it helps to begin by
>>>> realizing that ordinary water is actually a "battery" containing vast
>>>> amounts of energy. Water is H2O - two parts hydrogen combined with
one
>>>  part oxygen. And, as President Bush says, hydrogen is an excellent
> fuel.
>>>> The amount of energy in the water molecule is thus vast, and has
>>> absolutely nothing to do with the amount of energy it takes to break
> down that
>>>> molecule. This is an extremely im****tant point, as so many people -
even
>>>> scientists - are unclear on this concept. And yet if we can find an
>>>> economical means to break down the water molecule, our energy
problems
> are
>>>> over.
>> More B.S.
>> ...
>>
>> Oxygen and Hydrogen combined as water are both at close to their lowest
>> energy state.  That's why water is so stable.  The energy it takes to
>> separate water into it's components just coincidentally happens to be
>> the energy generated by hydrogen burning or combining in a fuel cell.
>>
>> This is High-school-chemistry-level stuff.
>>
>> In other words, the only separating process that's valid here is the
>> separation of a sucker's money from the sucker.
> 
> How much does solar energy cost?
> 
> Nigel.
> 
> 
Currently about twice what the fossil-fuel equivalent energy costs.