alt.energy.renewable

On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:50:10 -0700, number6 wrote:

>On Sep 11, 12:12 pm, Marvin wrote:
>
>> >> Anthony Matonak wrote:
>"But researching its potential will take time and money, he said. One
>> > immediate question is energy efficiency: The energy the RF generator
>> > uses vs. the energy output from burning hydrogen."
>>
>> > So they are not trying to pass this off as a "free energy" proposition.
>>
>> Hard to see any potential, for the same reason other schemes
>> like it fail. Thermodynamics rules
>
>
>a priori I don't see how this can work to be a net gain ... but I do
>know that a RF generator and an induction furnace is the most
>efficient way to melt metal ...
>
>So being able to use RF to electrolyze water ... could easily be the
>most efficient way to do that ...
>
I've thought of that too. Even if you end up with a net loss if the
net loss is less than the net loss with conventional methods than you
could make rocket fuel more efficeintly.

Chris
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