Re: 15% Ethanol

Posted by HH56 On 2010/10/22 11:12:56

From what I've read, the byproducts of combustion are predominately water and very little if anything other.

Aside from infrastructure, I think the biggest thing now holding things back is how to get the hydrogen at a more reasonable comparable to oil price. I believe the cheapest extraction method currently is the steam process using heat on byproducts of gasoline and hydrocarbon production. Of course, that still means oil. The electrolysis method is clean but is slow and requires huge amounts of electricity for a relatively modest output. Chemical processes have their own problems and leftovers.

There is research but because of lack of demand and today's political climate on big ticket infrastructure spending, until we are forced to or something really cheap comes into view, I don't expect much.