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Re: Double check my reasoning...easy math

Subject: Re: Double check my reasoning...easy math
by CSS996 on 2008/2/13 18:29:23

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Ok so let's try a few easy numbers to see if we have an issue or not.

Suppose we have a gasoline powered car that get 20 MPG. That's very realistic I think. It would produce a gallon of water for every 20 miles traveled. So if one were to scatter the ice crystals from one gallon of gas over a 20 mile track could that cause any safety problems? I don't think so.

I understand that to produce the same power one needs to consume about four times as much hydrogen gas as gasoline liquid by volume.

Let's not use the 4:1 ratio. Let's go to the extreme.

Suppose we have a hydrogen powered car that gets only 1/20th the MPG of the gas car. That would mean putting out a gallon of water every mile. So would it be a hazard if the ice crystals from a gallon of water were uniformly distributed over a 1 mile strip? Again, I don't think so.

This is totally off the cuff so please poke holes in my reasoning.


I'm late to this party, but very interested. As far as your stated theory above, it sounds fine for one car, but if you put thousands of cars on that track, things could get interesting.

OK, so what if every car on the planet emitted only water vapor as a byproduct?
Would we then see a change in the climate of the world? Like lots more rain? Less sunlight? Growth of polar ice caps? Reverse global warming?

Damn, I hate humidity!
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