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NNadir

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2. These press releases of this type are extremely misleading.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Jul 26, 2024, 05:26 AM

Jul 2024

I assure everyone that at MIT they are aware of the laws of thermodynamics.

Aluminum metal is made by the Hall process, which runs on massive amounts of electricity in molten cryolite. It's a perpetual motion machine if we are describing aluminum and seawater as a source of hydrogen.

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MIT researchers make hydrogen fuel from soda cans, seawater, caffeine [View all] Judi Lynn Jul 2024 OP

Wonder how much energy required to pretreat and pelletize the aluminum. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2024 #1

These press releases of this type are extremely misleading. NNadir Jul 2024 #2

Mmmmm, caffeinated hydrogen fuel....nt Javaman Jul 2024 #3

It sounds like gallium-indium is the rare metal alloy the pellets have to be pretreated with Native Jul 2024 #4