Possibly Awesome Hydrogen Fuel Source?

[MrAngryFace]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18700750/

A Purdue University engineer and National Medal of Technology winner says he's ready and able to start a revolution in clean energy.

Professor Jerry Woodall and students have invented a way to use an aluminum alloy to extract hydrogen from water — a process that he thinks could replace gasoline as well as its pollutants and emissions tied to global warming.

But Woodall says there's one big hitch: "Egos" at the U.S. Department of Energy, a key funding source for energy research, "are holding up the revolution."

Woodall says the method makes it unnecessary to store or transport hydrogen — two major challenges in creating a hydrogen economy.

"The hydrogen is generated on demand, so you only produce as much as you need when you need it," he said in a statement released by Purdue this week.

So instead of having to fill up at a station, hydrogen would be made inside vehicles in tanks about the same size as today's gasoline tanks. An internal reaction in those tanks would create hydrogen from water and 350 pounds worth of special pellets.

[Mandark]

Sounds awesome, but I'm always a teensy bit suspicious of someone who says that The Man is holding back his revolutionary technology.

[MrAngryFace]

Haha, the street preacher in that movie is awesome. I own that movie. Its got a lot of dumb parts but is oddly entertaining.

[G The Resurrected]

wow that would be just awesome hello future

[MrAngryFace]

I also like on that cover -- 320 GIGABYTES OMG 320 GIGABYTES THATS SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thats like in Hackers it was supposed to be the future but they were still using floppies and 56k modems n shit.

[Mandark]

Crap, that's not even the right movie.




Cause that's the one where there's a clean method of producing energy from water, but Morgan Freeman (who's not giving the main character sage advice FOR ONCE) says it has to be kept under wraps or it'll destabilize the world.

But yeah, if this idea pans out, and they didn't wind up burning additional fossil fuels for the electrolysis procedure, that'd be cool.

[Human Snorenado]

Haha, hydrogen is such a pipe dream. 

We'd be better off exploring the energy rich blood of baby pandas, in my opinion.

[Mupepe]

Haha, hydrogen is such a pipe dream. 

We'd be better off exploring the energy rich blood of baby pandas, in my opinion.

evil

[MrAngryFace]

Haha, hydrogen is such a pipe dream. 

We'd be better off exploring the energy rich blood of baby pandas, in my opinion.

You will have to face THE KING OF LUNCH before you can put your Panda Plan into action.

[G The Resurrected]

Crap, that's not even the right movie.

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Cause that's the one where there's a clean method of producing energy from water, but Morgan Freeman (who's not giving the main character sage advice FOR ONCE) says it has to be kept under wraps or it'll destabilize the world.

But yeah, if this idea pans out, and they didn't wind up burning additional fossil fuels for the electrolysis procedure, that'd be cool.

Have you forgotten this gem?

[Human Snorenado]

Haha, hydrogen is such a pipe dream. 

We'd be better off exploring the energy rich blood of baby pandas, in my opinion.

evil

Whatever, dude.  What if ONE DROP of baby panda blood mixed with ten gallons of water was as fuel efficient as gasoline?  I bet you we'd be cloning those fuckers for slaughter is what.  FILL ME UP WITH 10 GALLONS OF REGULAR PANDAFUEL, GOOD SIR!

[Flannel Boy]

If someone has to die for our energy needs... better pandas than US soldiers.

[Human Snorenado]

If someone has to die for our energy needs... better pandas than US soldiers.

What about autistic Canadians? 

[Mupepe]

If someone has to die for our energy needs... better pandas than US soldiers.

What about autistic Canadians? 

Or what about Non-Reproducing Single Law School-Hopeful Canadians?

[hyp]

i hope some alternatives come into play soon.   kudos to these guys. 

[brawndolicious]

so it would take power to make the "special pellets"?