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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #4452 on: March 18, 2021, 10:47:15 AM »
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #4453 on: March 18, 2021, 11:05:18 AM »
I have hydrogen fuel cells that power fancy electronic equipment when commercial power fails

clean, quiet, no moving parts

but not large scale....... around 60amps of DC power

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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #4454 on: March 18, 2021, 11:31:27 AM »
Quote from: longhorn320 on March 18, 2021, 10:29:43 AM
I understand that power plants can be built to run off hydrogen maybe thats the answer


But you have to make hydrogen with another power source.
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #4455 on: March 18, 2021, 11:35:57 AM »
apparently, the sun is one of those power sources
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #4456 on: March 18, 2021, 11:41:52 AM »
The sun can be.  But hydrogen is a secondary energy storage source.
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #4457 on: March 18, 2021, 11:50:10 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on March 18, 2021, 11:35:57 AM
apparently, the sun is one of those power sources
Not when it's cloudy.
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #4458 on: March 18, 2021, 12:16:38 PM »
that's why you store the sun's energy in hydrogen
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #4459 on: March 18, 2021, 12:29:46 PM »
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #4460 on: March 18, 2021, 12:55:16 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on March 18, 2021, 12:16:38 PM
that's why you store the sun's energy in hydrogen
How much can realistically be stored? In the Midwest, you're lucky to see the sun a few times from November to April. In the Northwest, you might never see it.
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #4461 on: March 18, 2021, 01:17:39 PM »
New alliance targets deployment of heavy-duty hydrogen vehicles -  FreightWaves

since folks don't seem to like pipelines
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #4462 on: March 18, 2021, 02:44:42 PM »
I've been producing enough methane lately to power a small town....
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #4463 on: March 18, 2021, 02:58:57 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on March 18, 2021, 02:44:42 PM
I've been producing enough methane lately to power a small town....
no surprise to us
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #4464 on: March 18, 2021, 03:09:29 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on March 18, 2021, 01:17:39 PM
New alliance targets deployment of heavy-duty hydrogen vehicles -  FreightWaves

since some idiotic folks don't seem to like pipelines
Fixed.
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #4465 on: March 18, 2021, 03:12:20 PM »
Used to use liquid Helium often.  It was cool stuff.
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