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Old 02-04-2010, 03:04 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Christ View Post
Well, it really is comical. No almost about it.

From what I gather, it's not really HHO, though. They're storing H2 in a fuel cell to make electricity to drive an electric motor, replacing batteries as the fuel source.

This begs the question though - Which one is really more efficient?

Lets say for a second that you have a 15kW/h H2 cell, and 15kW/h of NiMH batteries, both discharged to the same power level - which one would take more energy to charge back to full energy capacity?
The whole Hydrogen obsession reminds me of marketing in the movie "Idiocracy".
"It's got electrolytes"!
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