Can’t you just break down water, use the hydrogen to power the electric motor, and I don’t think O2 as a byproduct is bad, now this is of course an ideal condition, but why hasn’t this been looked into more?

  • Lemonspeed@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Iirc the energy required to break down water into hydrogen and oxygen is greater than what burning the mixture produces, but in theory solar power might be a viable option to a certain extent.

    Efficiency/viability would probably be nonexistent without some sort of miracle catalyst for the breakdown process.