subject: Homemade Hydrogen And Other Energy Sources [print this page] The one main advantage to green energy is that it's produced on hand. Take homemade hydrogen for example. Using a simple electrified wire, a person can turn an average cup of water into H2 and 02, both clean burning combustible chemicals. Actually storing and utilizing these compounds is difficult at present, but the point is that the energy is on hand and all around us. Homemade hydrogen, solar, and wind energy are everywhere.
So why is that an advantage, to have the energy close at hand? The reason why is because of the energy loss factor that happens when you transport electricity across a large area. A power plant produces a huge amount of energy from a centralized location. It then ships the electricity over many miles of electrical wire. This process causes much of the energy to disperse. The farther the electricity is shipped, the more loss is incurred. Power plant energy, though much more efficient still than green energy, is also much more wasteful because the energy has to travel such large distances to get to the furthest sections of the grid.
That's what I love about clean, alternative energy. Though it's still pretty inefficient and expensive, energy loss is minimized because the electricity only has to travel down the wire about ten feet to get to the house. This virtually eliminates energy loss, which I think is a huge plus. It's not just that, think how awesome it would be to make your very own homemade hydrogen? That's just an awesome sounding idea. And the generators that make hydrogen these days are both lightweight and cheap.
The problem with clean energy is simply that it isn't always available. There isn't always wind or sunshine. But there is always water. Homemade hydrogen can be made and used anytime, and can power a wide variety of systems in the home, and also in vehicles. Did you know that people have been using homemade hydrogen for years now as a fuel additive to increase the gas mileage and fuel efficiency of their cars? And the technology is getting better and cheaper everyday.
I find it interesting that in many cases America and Americans are becoming more intertwined with the system as the global economy pushes ahead. Things like national health care and the European Union are bringing people into more connection with one another. In a lot of other ways however, people are becoming more and more independent. With homemade energy growing more and more in popularity people are becoming more independent by seeking higher levels of sustainability.
Homemade hydrogen for power isn't yet a popular or feasible concept. Though there are many who use it to power the various systems of their home, it still isn't yet a feasible way of producing and storing energy. But as the technology continues to get better, I think we'll be seeing many more homes powered in part by homemade hydrogen. In the meantime, solar panels are expected to drop in cost by 50% within the year, which I think will have a huge impact on America's utilization of clean energy. I suppose we'll just have to wait and see.
