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Originally Posted by JRMichler
Those who have done the calculations found that using electrolysis to generate an amount of hydrogen equivalent to a gallon of gasoline will cost several times as much as a gallon of gasoline in electricity cost alone.
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I did back in 2008, when a rash good intentions and a serious lack mathematic and scientific understanding with some mass hysteria upon the realization that $3/gal gas was here to stay lead people to believe hydrogen was somehow on the verge of being a dirt cheap motor fuel of choice.
I calculated that it would take some where on the order of $15 to $20 worth of power to generate 2kg of hydrogen. 2kg of hydrogen contains about the same BTU value of a gallon of gas burned in air.
So you pay $20 to replace gasoline with a more dangerous, more difficult to store, nearly impossible to transport fuel that has limited to poor combustion qualities in an ICE.
Any further questions as to why everyone isn't using it?
An electric vehicle or regular vehicle running an alternator delete makes way more sense.
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