Subject: Re: Re[2]: Electrolysis as an energy source ??

From: [email-masked] (DaveHatunen)
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 1995 05:19:22 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>,
HUGHES, JOHN E <[email-masked]> wrote:

[The following paragraph is my words. It's good netiquette to give
proper attribution.]

>Since hydrogen production by electrolysis requires the input of more
>energy than can be generated by eventual re-oxidation, it scarcely
>qualifies as a form of "renewable" energy. It is, though, a method of
>storing_ and _distributing_ energy. I have seen no figures that would
>justify a claim that it is, in general, a _good_ way to do these
>things.

[The following are your words.]

>Could a windmill be used on a farm to produce hydrogen, which would
>later be burned to dry corn (which must be dried before storage). The
>advantage is that natural gas would not be needed to dry the corn.

A great many things are possible. Whether they are worth doing is a
far more interesting and complex question.

You cold also collect and store the methane from last year's silage.
Methane is easier to store than hydrogen. A lot easier.

>From an economic standpoint, the question becomes whether the capital
costs of the collection and storage equipment, and the required
maintenance, justify not using LNG or the local gas company's gas.

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