THE ANSWER TO PRODUCING HYDROGEN EFFECIENTLY MIGHT BE IN CREATING CHEAP AFFORDABLE SOLAR. RECENT DISCOVERIES OF A ANTI REFLECTIVE NANO MATERIALS ABILITY TO MAKE AVAILABLE ALL THE LIGHT HITTING THE CELL. BEFORE ALOT OF AVAILABLE LIGHT WAS BEING REFLECTED BACK TO SPACE IN ELIMINATING THIS REFLECTION THE EFFECIENCY OF ALL TYPES OF CELLS CAN BE INCREASED. THIS IS THE KIND OF BREAK THROUGH THAT MAY SOMEDAY MAKE SOLAR AFFORDABLE AND HYDROGEN ECONOMICAL. AFTER ALL IF WE ALL HAD OUR ROOFS COVERED IN MEMBRANES THAT PRODUCED ELECTRICITY WE COULD USE WHAT OUR NEEDS FOR THAT DAY WERE AND SAVE THE SURPLUS FOR A RAINY OR CLOUDY DAY OR TO USE AT NIGHT SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO BE GRID CONNECTED. FUEL CELLS BEST FEATURE ARE THAT YOU COULD PUT THE POWER SOURCE NEXT TO THE POWER CONSUMER. FOR INSTANCE
UNDER THE COUNTER NEXT TO THE DISHWASHER OR STOVES
THE FUEL CELL COULD DERIVE IT'S FUEL SOURCE FROM NATURAL GAS AND PROVIDE ELECTRICITY TO THE ELECTRIC PANEL IN YOUR APARTMENT OR THE WHOLE HOME. THE IDEAL SET UP WOULD BE YOU ROOF COVERED WITH SOLAR CELLS AND YOUR GARAGE OR BASEMENT USED TO STORE HYDROGEN TANKS SAFELY FOR LATER USE BY FUEL CELL STACKS HOOKED TO YOUR POWER CONTROL PANEL. GENERATING CLEAN RELIABLE ENERGY IN SIGNIFICANT QUANITIES AND AT RELATIVELY LOW PRICES COMPARED TO MARKET PRICES SO COST SAVING COULD BE REALIZED. IN A PREFECT WORLD WE WOULD HAVE FREE ENERGY IN REALITY IT WON'T HAPPEN UNLESS TECHNOLOGICAL BREAK THROUGHS HAPPEN AND ARE ADOPTED WORLDWIDE. SOME CHANGES HAPPEN SO SLOWELY WE SOON FORGET HOW SLOW OUR COMPUTER ONCE WERE JUST FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO.
The answer to hydrogen as fuel is storage.
I don't think that storing a highly flammable gas in your basement is a good idea.
Balloon storage or low pressure tanks (like propane tanks) might be the answer, less danger of destroying your house.
Still lots of solutions needed.
I prefer rational discussion.
We have developed a hydroxy generator that can increase fuel efficiency and reduce pollutants from every internal combustion engine. On demand production with low risk of explosion. An application of hydrogen technology usable right now. Imagine reducing our consumption of fossil fuel by 25-70%. No esoteric arguments real results.