"Broadback" wrote in message
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Franz Heymann wrote:
"Charlie Pridham" wrote in message
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"Martin" wrote in message
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On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 19:18:58 +0100, Broadback



wrote:


Martin wrote:

On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 14:04:45 +0100, "David Hill"
wrote:



And just when I have been notified of a third price rise in
the

last

few

months for the bulk gas I use for heating.
The price has now gone up by about 45% this year.


All over Europe, the price of natural gas is linked to the

price of

crude oil.

A plus to these price rises is that it make alternative sources

of

energy more likely. I can't wait for the hydrogen era to come

in.

Looks like the Canadians are getting on top of it!

Hydrogen is created using electricity, which is generated using

fossil

or nuclear fuel.
--
Martin

Not in Canada's case they even call it Hydro :~)


The amount of hydroelectric power available on a global scale
makes no
more than a tiny dent in the total fossil fuel requirements. And
the
essence of the matter is that it is already being used. Utilising
it
to make hydrogen will sinply make further demands on fossil fuel
to
make up for the fact that the hydroelectric power will be diverted
to
doing something other than what it is doing today.

Hydrogen simply is not an alternative fuel. It is simply an
alternative method of storing conventional fuels.

The real truth of the matter is that there is simply no way out
other
than building nuclear stations as fast as possible.

Franz




Ah, but the Canadian company has successfully generated hydrogen
from
water using sun power.

By what process?

A lot of possibility there, it is very advanced
they have conducted viable commercial tests.

I have my doubts, and will continue to have them until I know what
magic process was used.

Franz