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Originally Posted by Doc Jones
As far as where do you get it. It is probably a complex/costly process, but distilled water is a readily available source of hydrogen (h2o). While hydrogen might not be as combustable as gasoline, it is still very volitaile, Hindenberg anyone? I think eventually we will see some kind of electric/hydrogen hybrids, where the car has an electric hydrogen condenser, so all you have to do is add water to the tank, then the electric portion of the car will separate the hydrogen out. The trick then would be to either manage to keep the ammount of fuel grade hydrogen low, or facilitate a storage method to lower the volatility of it. In a wreck between a pair of hydrogen cars there is a pretty good chance of an explosion I would think, however I haven't taken chemistry, so perhaps someone with more technical/chemical knowledge can either debunk my idea or lend some credibility to it.
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The cost of seperating hydrogen from water is very cheap... the most expesive part of the whole process is the initial cost of the water, because it takes less electricity to do it than a 9volt battery puts out... technically some type of solar power could be used as the power source.
As far as storage of the hydrogen... despite container leakage, some type of container could be devised to recombine leaking hydrogen with oxygen to create water and recirculate it back through the system.
As far as the hindenberg... new studies have concluded that it was the paint used on the outter skin of the hindenberg that was used to make it air tight that was the actual cause of the explosion... the powedered aluminum paint that was used was actually as explosive as napalm.