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Originally Posted by DGthe3
Solar electricity is generally a bad idea. It doesn't scale up all that well.
Also, another problem with using solar to generate hydrogen is that the plant could only run during the day, which is also when electricity demands are the highest. But coal or nuclear could run 24/7, and possibly power some electrolysis machines at night when electrical demand is low, in addition to the gasification process.
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Gotcha, that makes sense. So really the nuclear powered idea is sounding like the best option to me so far.
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Originally Posted by Dragoneye
DG's got this. 
All I can add is that I think this is a great idea from GM. Hawaii is small, local, and isolated. The perfect place to seriously ramp up a "model" of a hydrogen economy.  |
Agreed, eager to see the results of these trials
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Originally Posted by derklug
Yeah, it would kind of suck to show someone your new geo-thermal plant..." Yep, it's right over there, under all of that cooling lava."
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Woops!