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Old 09-30-2008, 11:17 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard View Post
They have figured out how to get higher efficiency using abundant materials (Note how they never mention what conversion efficiency they have achieved). They have not improved upon the efficiency of using a platinum catalyst (about 76% efficient in a demonstrated experiment) which still isn't efficient enough to make this viable with an internal combustion engine.

Currently the only way to make a viable gas fueled hydrogen powered vehicle is to break the hydrogen off the gasoline directly and run it through a fuel cell to drive an electric motor. This would be a little more efficient than burning the gas in an internal combustion engine.

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