Jim Higgins wrote:
On Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:43:57 -0700, John Smith I
wrote:

Jim Kelley wrote:

My posts say it all, I have an open mind to the hydrogen generation (I
don't think you can start a plasma arc with a butane lighter, but you
can ignite hydrogen, etc.)

Sodium ions would be introduced to the flame simply from the bursting of
the bubbles ... result, yellow flame.

The device does NOT have to be over-unity, nor even unity, to be of
major economic/energy/storage importance ...

The people here are so dense they just don't get it ...

etc., etc., etc. ...

JS

Please explain your assessment of the major economic/energy/storage
importance of the device if it isn't over-unity or even unity. Please
take as many screens as you need to fully enlighten the dense ones
among us.


The conversion of energy from one form to another doesn't have to be
releasing more energy than is taken in, of course. Certainly we can
envision a scenario where a large yet immobile energy source such as a
power plant could be used to disassociate Water into it's component
parts in order to get a portable energy source. The loss is just part of
the price you have to pay to get it.

As for the transport and storage infrastructure, that is just a matter
of infrastructure, and just similar to today's in scope if not in detail.

In no way does this mean that I think it is a good idea. Nasty
byproducts and not really great production efficiency make it a likely
loser of a project.

- 73 de Mike KB3EIA -