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Originally Posted by mario.silva
2- Propane - Fossil Fuel
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I had a feeling you'd say that... Which implies that you believe the Aluminium route to fuel-saving doesn't rely on fossil-fuels. In fact Aluminium->H2 will 'wheel-to-well' (and BTU for BTU) almost certainly consume much larger amounts of fossil-fuel than an equivalent system with propane would; as electric arc-furnaces require truly huge quantities of electric power to operate, and overall the efficiency of turning (via electrolysis) bauxite into aluminium, then using the Al to split water for H2 injection into a inefficient spark IC engine is totally a false (environmental) economy.
W.r.t. the articles supporting H2 injection, yes I knew that injecting the gas does have advantages (providing you are not doing it via electrolysis via the alternator) but I was hoping to see evidence that supported you assertion that:
"using
aluminium to make H2 that is to 'assist' a gasoline engine will
save money."
Even if there are arguments that this kind of system can reduce our overall expenses on petrol (+ Al powder costs), I don't see why it will be cheaper than some already accepted solutions - solutions that [Also] use cheap fossil-fuels and their derivatives.