[TAG] Hydrogen fuel (non-Linux)

[Thomas Adam]

 --- Mike Orr <mso at oz.net> wrote: 

> Iceland (pop. 250 000) is the first country in the world to convert to
> hydrogen energy on a national scale.  Currently there are test buses
> rolling.  Test cars will be next, but one of their major goals is 
> fishing trawlers, which bring in 70% of Iceland's GNP but are powered

Actually, while this is the "official" story, we _all_ know that someone
in America has been using this form of energy for ages.

> For the ships, they are considering putting a hydrogen refiner (reactor)

Look at the issues that the old air-ships had. Hydrogen is *extremely*
combustable -- "volatile" doesn't even describe it enough. One false error
with hydrogen fuel and there won't be anything left...

But to side-track completely, Iceland has another interesting sideline for
fuel -- geothermal energy. Granted, this can only be used in-situ, but the
potential that this has had for both Iceland, and other countries has been
better than predicted.

-- Thomas Adam

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