On Sat, 01 May 2010 10:33:50 -0400, J. Clarke wrote:

> On 5/1/2010 1:45 AM, Sky wrote:
>> Dan Abel wrote:
>>>
>>> Actually, during the last administration, billions of dollars were
>>> allocated for pure R&D to develop methods of producing hydrogen fuel.
>>> All of the money was devoted to producing it from...fossil fuels
>>> (natural gas). Thunk.
>>
>> No matter the "administration," there has been government and private
>> support for research to develop renewable energy from tidal, geothermic,
>> and "bio" (think corn& cooking oil as some examples) resources.
>
> (a) We know how to produce all the hydrogen we want. There's no trick
> to that. The trick is producing it at a cost that makes it competitive
> and there's no way that can be done by making it from water.
>
> (b) "bio" is crap--the effect of "bio" has been to raise food prices.
> I'm sure you think that there's some magic biofuel that will grow madly
> on non-arable land but there isn't.

well, ready or not, we've probably reached peak oil. it's past time to
look for alternates.

your pal,
blake