Re: Got on the radio. Coast to coast AM. Subject:Hydrogen

[josh <joshl@myrealbox.com>]

On Fri, 30 Aug 2002 02:16:52 -0700, you wrote:

>Well I found out that it takes 45KW to make one gallon of Hydrogen.  I
>challenged the guest to compare electric to internal combustion hydrogen.  I
>think he is a paid lobby for the car companies.  So it would take 45Kw to
>run an internal combustion hydrogen car 25 to 35 miles.  Wouldn't 45kw take
>the average conversion about 100 miles.  If you were using a fuel cell would
>a gallon of hydrogen make 45kw to run your electric car? Can't seem to find
>anything in the archieves about how far a kw takes you.  Lawrence Rhodes....

Do you mean kw, or kWh?  

Depending on which EV you are driving, I suppose a kWh might get you 2 or 3
miles (your mileage could vary).  Amount carried on board may differ from the
amount it took to get it there.

45 kWh might get you 90 to 135 miles, assuming the fallible numbers I assumed.
A gallon of gasoline might be about 106,000 BTU which is 106000/3412 kwh or
about 31 kWh.