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Possible Breakthrough In Hydrogen Energy
destinyland writes "MIT researchers have developed a method of splitting a water molecule by emulating the way blue-green algae separates oxygen from hydrogen. One chemistry professor called it 'an extremely clever piece of work' that addresses 'the nanoscale organization of the components.' Using sunlight rather than electricity to make hydrogen from water could greatly improve the efficiency of the process. The hydrogen can be stored for generating electricity or burned as fuel for cars. The project is being led by the winner of a 2004 MacArthur Foundation genius grant, who uses genetically engineered viruses as templates for nanoscale electronic components. 'Suddenly, I wondered, what if we could assemble materials like the abalone does — but not be limited to one element?'" Here is the press release from MIT; the research paper is available only to subscribers of Nature Nanotechnology (or those willing to part with $18).
I'm a highschool student, and a virgin, who spent a lot of spare time looking at various thermochemical schemes.
Sorry, had to fix the sentence, else it made no sense.
What is this 'virginity' obsession of nerds over here. If that bothers you much, spare $50 bucks on street or a little more at a club and get rid of this misery.
Don't you worry, anyone smart enough to demonstrate as much clue as this high school student will have no trouble getting laid when he's going to MIT next year. I certainly didn't. God help him if he goes to Caltech though... ;-)
I know. Drill a hole into a super volcano?
Seriously though, now that folk be talkin bout H again. No not that H the US gov imports from the afganistan-bananna-stands. How about ignoring the electronics folk who ignore the resonant frequency(ies) of H2O? Perhaps less electric current than you think can crack it on the fly.
It will take specially crafted pistons and cylinders. Designed around a rust free and other thermal considerations. All the experiments so far used existing "designed for regular gas" type engines. Pick out a 1970's Muscle car engine, and make the thing adapted to the new source(s) of fuel and resonant freq(s).
If you can target a virus with RF, you can target water! Fuck this shit.
NO STORAGE except to buffer a range of power. Then when you get in an accident, imagine no fires!
i believe this is possible.
i think everyone in electronics and physics via traditional books and schools is missing out on weird science.
i also think hard core mechanics don't get it and we must from a mathematical specifications point force the mechanics to design a few changes which exploit the plasma fire or whatever the fuck you call it.
Steam for fuck sake is killer power. So water has always had power, it's a matter of figuring out how to exploit it in every circumstance.
You know how we make heat create cold, how about making cold create heat?
I don't even know anymore. I think people have closed their minds, is it the bad RF in our faces or what is it I don't know, I don't have a mobile anything but I feel like I am sitting at the base of a 50KW Audio and 1500KW Video antenna. Look what the fuck are we doing? Can't we harness serious power?
I know we need gas and diesel for a bit longer, until something like h is perfected, and can be exploited to re-tool everything else.