VW has already produced a {small, inline} car which exceeded 100kms/l (235 miles/gallon). As that knowledge and technology (such as carbon fibre vehicle bodies) shifts into production vehicles, 80litres/day could be a lot of fuel ;-)
On 09-Jul-2015, at 21:40, Mark Hersh wrote: > Yes, it would seem like it would take acres and acres and acres of solar > panels to produce enough energy to produce 80 L of diesel per day from > water and CO2. > > On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 4:44 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote: > >> John, John, John. Not so fast. The process requires hydrolysis of water >> to provide the necessary hydrogen, a high energy demand reaction. We are >> talking about serious energy inputs above the energy storage in the fuel. >> While it may be a way to produce fuel, the energy it consumes could be more >> readily used directly for other applications much more profitably, >> methinks. mcneely >> >> > > |
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