[rescue] SCRAPPLE

[Doctor Obnox Son of a Bitch]

Kurt Huhn, reeling from the shock, managed on Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 07:23:59PM -0500 to scrawl:
> > to electricity using a catalyst.  Most fuel cells in common use
> > produce heat and very pure water as exhaust...as a matter of fact, the
> > astronauts' drinking water aboard the space shuttles is a byproduct of
> > the operation of the fuel cells used to create the orbiter's
> > electrical power.
> >
> 
> 
> I recall a program on TLC or DSC about a fuel cell (?) car that produced
> steam and water as exhaust - the down side was that it was fueled by bottles
> of hydrogen and oxygen.  Talk about an impressive car wreck!
> 
> That goes back a few years - and I'm sure that technology has advanced to
> where pure hydrogen and oxygen isn't necessary...
> 
> Kurt
> 
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You know, driving around with a tank full of liquid hydrocarbons is not
a whole heck of a lot safer than a tank full of gaseous hydrogen. It's
the oxygen that'd scare me.

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