What about gasoline and diesel? They come in "OIL" as a mix of several bituminous substances. You mean we spend more energy to chemicaly separate and filter gasoline, diesel, kerosene, tar and so on than what we can get from it all?
OldBeaver
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Originally Posted by some_other_dave
That is simply burning hydrogen, not trying to use it as a "catalyst" for gasoline or diesel fuel.
The 128 kCal is the absolute least it could possibly cost, the minimum amount of energy it takes to "knock loose" the hydrogen from the oxygen. In practice, it will take more than that, because none of these systems can be absolutely 100% thermodynamically efficient. Nothing is, as far as physics can determine...
Testing is good. Set up a reliably repeatable test that shows meaningful results. You may yet surprise us all--but it's not necessarily the way to bet.
-soD
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