Text 27139, 61 rader
Skriven 2007-02-12 18:13:54 av Mimi Gallandt (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 27130 av John Hull (1:123/789.0)
Ärende: Wetbacks, the Border, sol
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John Hull -> Mimi Gallandt wrote:
 JH> Mimi Gallandt -> VERN HUMPHREY wrote:
 MG>> VERN HUMPHREY -> MIMI GALLANDT wrote:
 GB>>>>>>> You are probably right. I dunno about you, but I would not
 VH>>> want to
 VH>>>>>> drive aro
 GB>>>>>>> with a bomb in the back of my car.<g>

 VH>>>>>> Amen!!

 VH>>>>>> I know a few people out here in the hills who are on solar
 VH>>> power.  The
 VH>>>>>> problem is that to store electricity, they rely on batteries.
 VH>>> Do you
 VH>>>>>> know what gas charging batteries give off? :-)

 GB>>>>> Yep!

 MG>>>> Well *I* don't, please tell me.  :)

 VH>>> Hydrogen, of course!  It has been known to level houses that rely on
 VH>>> solar or wind power and need banks of batteries.

 MG>> Oh, thank you. and the batteries are dangerous? (keep in mind that
 MG>> science is not my forte) do all batteries use hydrogen? Damn it is
 MG>> batteries that power my chair and my mp3 player. I know that it's very
 MG>> important to dispose of these things properly, is that because
 JH> there is
 MG>> hydrogen in them?

 JH> Criminetly, Mimi!  Don't let Vern pull your tail like that!  All
 JH> batteries generate electricity by chemical reaction.  There are many
 JH> different kinds of battery depending on the elements used to create the
 JH> electrical potential.  Lead acid batteries (that's what is in your car)
 JH> give off hydrogen gas as part of that chemical process.  Under normal
 JH> circumstances, that doesn't present any problem whatsoever.  No one type
 JH> of battery is more or less dangerous than another IF USED PROPERLY.

 JH> You've got a computer there, use your browser and do a search on
 JH> "hydrogen fuel"  or "hydrogen cars" and do some reading.

Thanks, that's a good idea (wonder why I didn't think of it, must be the
headache I've had for several days now, damned sinuses)

-- 
L'Chaim

Mimi

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