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dcb · 07-23-2010, 12:41 AM

yes, because doing it with an alternator is so inefficient as to be stupid.

I mean look,
they can't make it make sense using a hydrocarbon to make the hydrogen. It still doesn't result in any mpg increase.

How is using the engine to run the alternator to make hydrogen from water (several layers of significant inefficiency there) going to do any better? You are in essense making hydrogen from hydrocarbons AND water and making a lot of heat (because it is terribly inefficient).

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