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Originally Posted by Nebe
Not so fast! The amount of electricity needed to separate the hydrogen from water is immense. To put it into perspective, you need to spend 10 cents worth of electricity to yield 5 cents of hydrogen.
This is basically fuel cell technology.
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Not sure I would agree with "basically this is fuel cell tech". It is electrolysis of water to hydrogen. Hydrogen does store approximately 2.6 times the energy per unit mass as gasoline and IF primary energy source (solar) is used to produce electricity then potential is getting near feasibility.