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Originally Posted by voltron1011
Yes, however how much energy is required to do this and what is the power-loss? I don't think there's enough windmills out there to have something like this on a grand scale.. Also, how do you store and transport the hydrogen. That's the real problem.
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The current infrastructure plan generates the hydrogen at the retail outlet (aka: gas station) using water and electricity.
I agree that there just wouldn't be enough windmills (or whatever) to meet demand. Idealy, you would have to place windmills at the shoreline and pipeline it inland.
It's the same probem with ethanol. It can be distilled from alot of sources, but the cheapest (right now) is corn. I don't see a time when we could grow enough corn, either.