Obama lifting ban on Gulf drilling

#41

Yes, I’m aware of what Fuel Cell Technology is, but it still needs to use Hydrogen in it’s liquid state.

Liquid Hydrogen has a very low density value as it is, if it were to be used in it’s gas state, you’d need a gigantic tank to store enough Hydrogen to fuel a small car for a few minutes. Maintaining it in it’s liquid state is a must, and that’s the major reason why the technology itself is so expensive.

It doesn’t matter which kind of technology you use; there’s no realistic way to power anything using Hydrogen gas. The submarine you posted, for example, uses LH for storing (as well as any other Hydrogen-powered prototype ever created).

By saying Ethanol/Oil are alternatives to it, I don’t mean to imply that they’re all combustible fuels. Just that they’re different ways of acquiring energy to power something, with those two being largely cheaper than Hydrogen.

#42

That’s kinda what I’m saying. Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe, but in order to be utilised it has to be gathered in large enough quantities, which means making it a liquid.

You take right-wingers seriously?

#43

The other interesting thing about hydrogen is that it not only has to be obtained in liquid form, but it has to be manufactured. On Earth, the only natural source of hydrogen gas in large quantities are erupting volcanoes. So hydrogen is, for the most part, manufactured by electrolysis of water. Exactly what it sounds like… running electricity through water to split it into oxygen gas and hydrogen gas. Problem is, it’s an energetically unfavorable reaction, and energy is lost in the process, so making hydrogen consumes more energy than the hydrogen gas can produce.

EDIT: P.S., hydrogen is “combustible fuel,” so I’m not sure why that term is being bandied about as if hydrogen were excluded.

#44

in the future we will build mines on the sun to get hydrogen

#45

Because the generation of power from hydrogen through a fuel-cell is exactly the opposite of how it’s created, the tendency for these hydrogen ions to re-form with oxygen into water.

The hydrogen electrons are stripped from their protons during the process, and our electrical current is the tendency for these electrons to return home. There is no burning taking place here.

#46

Dead seriously. Illogic needs to be confronted, or it spreads.

#47

It would be wrong to ignore severe mental illness.

#48

See, that’s an example of not taking them seriously. You can’t have a good faith discussion if you preface it by saying one side is mentally ill. It gives them a valid reason to ignore logical argument by claiming it’s in bad faith. Whereas in the usual case, when they ignore logical argument for no valid reason, it’s at least obvious to the politically agnostic that their positions have no basis in logic.

#49

what about Helium-3 for Nuclear Fusion?

#50

When Obama is gone, my first thought will be: “that’s one less horror in the world.”

Obama is crippling our economy anyway…to worsen the blow, dozens of other countries depend on us for a LOT of what they have. When America falls, everything falls. The shit’s gonna hit the fan.

A republican is a vegetarian; he decides not to eat meat.
A liberal is a vegetarian; he tells all his friends about it and believes no one should eat meat.
~stereotypes, I know, but shittons of people fit into it.

A republican sees a problem, and thinks “What is the problem? What can I do to fix it?”
A liberal sees a problem, and thinks “What can the government do to help me?”

This country was designed in such a way that there is more power to the states…this is quickly diminishing. When you voted Obama you voted to lose your job, to pay higher bills.
It sure is easy to spend other people’s money isn’t it?

“The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But under
the name of ‘liberalism’ they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist
program, until one day America will be a Socialist nation, without
knowing how it happened.”

#51

waqwarrior: Awesome parody! You’ve got all the talking points down pat! Thankfully, no one believes that kind of tripe, right?

[COLOR=‘Black’]…right?

#52

Just when I nearly gained some faith in mankind, waqwarrior posted in this thread.

#53

was he actually being serious? O_o

#54

liberals are fucking lol, you’re so deep in what you think is soooo coool bro

Case in point:
Earth Hour

  • Turn off your electronics for an hour, save energy bro! :retard:
  • Anyone who knows anything about electronics will tell you all that energy will go to waste; it takes much more energy to turn something on than it is to run it or keep it idle.
#55

So basically you said yes to his question?

#56

ಠ_ಠ

Yes. Because I don’t eat what is spoonfed to me.

#57

#58

when the shit really does hit the fan, I’ll stand by and watch you drown in the crap that you bought into.

Stupidity is saddening.

#59

Yes, yes it is. :rolleyes:

#60

I guess that’s the problem with lefties and righties. The bitch back and forth trying to provoke argument and “prove” who’s right while completely ignoring the actual problem. Needs moar drills.

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