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Old 12-14-2010, 08:58 AM   #35 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by tf4624 View Post
As there is potential energy in the water molecule that you must extract and you can do it while having higher efficientcy
Water - being a rather stable molecule - has a LOW energy state.

A lot of energy is set free when water is formed, generally as heat.
This means it also becomes rather hard (read : energy consuming) to split water into hydrogen and oxygen again.
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