-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Wednesday 2006-05-03 at 09:51 +0100, Kevanf1 wrote:
But those comments about the inefficiency of electrolysis and solar power? It doesn't matter if it is electrolysis produced by the suns rays (photovoltaic) as it is free and is effectively going to waste right now. Solar photovoltaic panels are getting more and more efficient every year. Why not use them? Who knows, in a few years we might well be able to power the wheels directly from solar power.
No matter what you do with the electricity out of the solar panels in a car, be it use it directly, store it by a perfect method, or generate hydrogen, the final energy you get to the weels will always be less than what the panel produced. With perfect conversion, at most you get the same energy. That's all I meant. Just have a look at the cars used for the solar car race in Australia, and notice the big panels they carry. - -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFEWH7DtTMYHG2NR9URAt9yAKCOgyonlvr9zebj64TVRd4CkmLrVQCdFUWQ 5PVc8Rq+piHOrHyUIy6J7bY= =ioZj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----