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User Info Reality vis-a-vis Energy And The Economy; entered at 2022-01-03 15:07:10
Tickerguy
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Registered: 2007-06-26
@Cary -
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I have seen some who are very pro-hydrogen claim that using hydrogen metal hydrides allows for safe storage and use. Can any of the more engineering astute comment on that idea?

That is a decent way to actually store energy, but as with a battery the issue is "store" there; you're producing nothing. Where's the production come from?

To be fair a LFTR isn't 'free' either, but it DOES exploit E = mc^2 and since "c" is such a HUGE number you get a god-awful amount out of "E" for every bit of "m" you convert. But make no mistake -- there really is mass converted; it is NOT a free lunch.

The problem with hydrides is that they really aren't much better on an energy density basis than a lithium-chemistry battery. Which is dogshit, I remind you, compared with liquid hydrocarbons.
2022-01-03 15:07:10