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SUBMAN1
08-01-08, 10:48 AM
Progress.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10002704-54.html

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July 31, 2008 11:00 AM PDT
MIT researchers split water to store solar energy

Posted by Martin LaMonica (http://news.cnet.com/8300-11128_3-54.html?authorId=128)


The key to plentiful solar power is water, says Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Daniel Nocera.


Nocera and his MIT colleague, Matthew Kanan, on Thursday will publish a technical paper that describes what they claim is a breakthrough in solar energy storage....

http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/bto/20080731/MITNocera1_270x203.bmp
The key to MIT's discovery is a catalyst made from abundant materials that can make oxygen gas by passing an electrical current through water more effectively than previous methods.
FIREWALL
08-01-08, 10:57 AM
I split my pants once. It wasn't solar. It was more LUNAR.

A MOON. :rotfl:

It had energy too ! I farted. :p
Frame57
08-01-08, 11:08 AM
I split my pants once. It wasn't solar. It was more LUNAR.

A MOON. :rotfl:

It had energy too ! I farted. :p LOL:rotfl: Good one! Back in the day we used KOH (Potassium Hydroxide) for a catalyst to do this.
SUBMAN1
08-01-08, 11:12 AM
I split my pants once. It wasn't solar. It was more LUNAR.

A MOON. :rotfl:

It had energy too ! I farted. :p LOL:rotfl: Good one! Back in the day we used KOH (Potassium Hydroxide) for a catalyst to do this.I don't even want to know! :o

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UnderseaLcpl
08-01-08, 11:52 AM
Very skeptical.:roll:
Platapus
08-01-08, 01:22 PM
I split my pants once. It wasn't solar. It was more LUNAR.

A MOON. :rotfl:

It had energy too ! I farted. :p

I rarely read anything here that actually makes me laugh out loud. This is one of those times. I am home alone with my dog and she is looking at me with that look of "stop laughing and feed me".

Well done! :up:
Frame57
08-01-08, 06:24 PM
No-no! I did not mean to produce farts. But to seperate the O2 from the hydrogen on board Subs.
FIREWALL
08-01-08, 06:32 PM
No-no! I did not mean to produce farts. But to seperate the O2 from the hydrogen on board Subs.

So that's your story and your stick"in to it.:p :rotfl:
Frame57
08-01-08, 06:55 PM
Yep! I did a bad job in trying to convey what I meant to say. I need a beer to wake up.:up:
Zachstar
08-01-08, 08:13 PM
Its a breakthrough indeed and I look forward to more breakthroughs in storage.

Right now however, I still think it will be EEstor that finally breaks the back of the problem of storage for EVs.

In a few years ZENN cars will be all over the place.