Someday we may all be driving vehicles powered by clean-burning fuel made by bacteria. Researchers have found a way to jolt bacteria into producing one of the cleanest fuels available-hydrogen.
hydrogen is the answer, i work in the gas and oil industry where millions of dollars are spent on a well every year, if oil companies would use that money on infrastructure,
hmm true, didn't really think of it like that. I guess it doesn't really matter though, as long as we find some way of cutting down emitions withought just turning off our industry.
Actually even if you didn't change the source of grid power at all going electric all CO2 emission from cars to 1/3 of what they were, since electric engines are about 3 times more efficient than combustion engines. Besides 30% of new electric capacity added in 2007 was wind, a figure which has been doubling every few years. So by the time electrics start selling all the new generation coming online to charge them will be renewable.
The main problem with electic cars is that they still require the power stations, which burn a lot of fossil fuels, to produce the electicity - thus it really isn't much more eco-friendly than petrol. However I see your point, if we created a large hydrogen power station it would be a highly eco-friendly way of powering cars etc.
The bacteria aren't dangerous at all. Your body naturaly has anti-bodies to prevent you getting ill from bacteria entering your system - hell you take in millions every day from breathing and eating.
anyway, the bacteria would be farmed to get the hydrogen, you wouldn't have a decaying mass of waste in your car to power it - too unreliable.
What about using house hold food waste?
099749 11 months ago
What if the bacteria from you ass got in your eye, you would have pink eye, no?
Why don't you buy one of those bubbles and seal your self in so all the evil bacteria doesn't eat away all your skin.
zvodd 2 years ago
hydrogen is the answer, i work in the gas and oil industry where millions of dollars are spent on a well every year, if oil companies would use that money on infrastructure,
spilmanj23 2 years ago
Precisely!
y23b6 3 years ago
Awesome like in Back to the Future part 2!!!
Polklule 3 years ago
hmm true, didn't really think of it like that. I guess it doesn't really matter though, as long as we find some way of cutting down emitions withought just turning off our industry.
TheKokuya 3 years ago
Actually even if you didn't change the source of grid power at all going electric all CO2 emission from cars to 1/3 of what they were, since electric engines are about 3 times more efficient than combustion engines. Besides 30% of new electric capacity added in 2007 was wind, a figure which has been doubling every few years. So by the time electrics start selling all the new generation coming online to charge them will be renewable.
subach 3 years ago
The main problem with electic cars is that they still require the power stations, which burn a lot of fossil fuels, to produce the electicity - thus it really isn't much more eco-friendly than petrol. However I see your point, if we created a large hydrogen power station it would be a highly eco-friendly way of powering cars etc.
TheKokuya 3 years ago
The bacteria aren't dangerous at all. Your body naturaly has anti-bodies to prevent you getting ill from bacteria entering your system - hell you take in millions every day from breathing and eating.
anyway, the bacteria would be farmed to get the hydrogen, you wouldn't have a decaying mass of waste in your car to power it - too unreliable.
TheKokuya 3 years ago
and what if this bacteria gets out of the car and goes everywhere else? sounds like a good idea... but that could be dangerous, no?
KeithEPatton 3 years ago