getZ Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 True, the volume of hydrogen needed is much bigger then gasoline, but there is some interesting development on hydrogen storage because of this problem. Something called nano pockets or using some other compound that is made up of hydrogen and can easily extracted are some of the things in the works, but it is not something that will probably not come out of a home shop. I am all for running alchohol as a replacement for gas and that I can brew myself. Design a solar still and it has the potential to become a cheap renewable fuel source. Attach a valve to the bottom of the tank and you can drink it after a bad day (providing you make ethanol shine) of course you should water it down some first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Hah...turning sunshine into moonshine. I LIKE IT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Challenger Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Why would you want to water it down? Whats wrong with drinking pure, strong, 100% alchohol, it was a bad day wasnt it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getZ Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 bacardi 151 hurts bad enough, it burns my lips. I don't think I would like pure alchohol much. Although I don't think it has to be 100% to burn well enough. I'm not sure how strong shine can be, there has to be at least an extra step to bring it to the point where it can burn well enough to put in a car. I know E85 is 85 percent alchohol, but I think the other 15 percent is gasoline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Yes, I believe it takes several distillations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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