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"Vast New Energy Source Almost Here"
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/08/040825094820.htm
What do you think? I am naturally skeptical, but with such strong claims being reported in many credible sources, I also think and hope that something huge may come of it.
Given the low electric output of photovoltaics (compared to fossil fuels and such), it's hard to believe that this can be as viable as they say, but the cheapness of the materials appears to be the savior.
I'm conflicted and optimistic.
Vast New Energy Source Almost Here: Solar Hydrogen Fuel Dream Will Soon Be A Reality, Australian Scientists Predict
Australian scientists predict that a revolutionary new way to harness the power of the sun to extract clean and almost unlimited energy supplies from water will be a reality within seven years.
Using special titanium oxide ceramics that harvest sunlight and split water to produce hydrogen fuel, the researchers say it will then be a simple engineering exercise to make an energy-harvesting device with no moving parts and emitting no greenhouse gases or pollutants.
It would be the cheapest, cleanest and most abundant energy source ever developed: the main by-products would be oxygen and water.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/08/040825094820.htm
What do you think? I am naturally skeptical, but with such strong claims being reported in many credible sources, I also think and hope that something huge may come of it.
Given the low electric output of photovoltaics (compared to fossil fuels and such), it's hard to believe that this can be as viable as they say, but the cheapness of the materials appears to be the savior.
I'm conflicted and optimistic.