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I've gotten used to the idea that it seems like if I get a solar roof and power system that I can charge my electric car during the zombie apocalypse, where as
by gernb 4y ago
I've gotten used to the idea that it seems like if I get a solar roof and power system that I can charge my electric car during the zombie apocalypse, where as AFAIK, I can't easily create gasoline or enough hydrogen for a hydrogen powered car.
Right?
- plextoria 4y agoHydrogen can be created using electricity and water. Who will create a new battery once yours dies out?
- bryanlarsen 4y agoThat battery will last longer than the catalysts in your hydrogen production system.
- maxfan8 4y agoHydrogen is simple to produce if you have access to water and electricity. Gasoline is much harder to do, though.
- gernb 4y agoYes but in quantities I can use the drive my car?
- vinaypai 4y agoYou also have to compress it to very high pressures to be able to store a useful amount of it.
- vardump 4y agoIf it's simple, why practically no one is doing it? Last I heard, 99% of all H2 was produced out of methane. Perhaps it's a bit better now?
- bufferoverflow 4y agoNo, it's not. Electrolysis is extremely inefficient. There are some modern developments with advanced catalysts, but it's not something an average person can do.
- bombcar 4y agoYou need a lot of solar to charge a vehicle but it is attainable. You'd be better off with something like a M35A2 with the multi-fuel engine for actual apocalypse, because that thing can burn damn near anything you can find (you could run it for years on engine oil drained from mad-max style hulks). Someone may have even modified one to run on LPG also.
- FullyFunctional 4y agoMy roof (North California, 11 kW system) usually produces more than my driving consumes. Have been running this for a near-decade. Totally doable. I'd still love to get my PV system separated from PG&E's grabby hands but I'm not sure that's legal.
- fomine3 4y agoAnyway all fuel cell vehicles are series-hybrid system, so solar power can be charged to the battery. Battery is small but also PV surface is small.