This community is intended to support people who want to stop using alcohol. It is not intended as a space to debate their choices. Just because it is easy to share your opinions doesn't mean you should do so in all spaces. Consider being more kind in determining when and where you share your perspectives.
Solar power off my roof splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen and then more power to compress and cool the hydrogen just so I can pump the hydrogen through a fuel cell to produce electricity to drive electric motors probably has energy losses at each step reducing efficiency. Doing this at scale and adding tanker trucks consuming hydrogen to deliver hydrogen to fueling stations exacerbates the problem further. It seems so much simpler to shove the energy from my roof into a battery and drive away.
Yep. Been there done that. As a kid. Containment was an issue. Luckily the volume produced was small enough that the resulting explosion only left emotional scars.
Hydrogen as a fuel source seems like an attempt to perpetuate the existing model of centralized refinement, distribution, and purchasing. There are definite hurdles to scaling the electric grid if we perpetuate the number of vehicles but it is possible. If you take into account advances in electric motor and battery capacity and chemistry design and combine all that with green energy options, you have a system which probably scares big energy.
Thanks for posting the link for those who don’t want to scroll and read a lengthy blog post. Good information but if you want to quickly jump to the “mail my MP”, click the link above.
Thank you for sharing. I am struggling with interacting with one particular friend who seems to expect me to just continue to be his “drinking buddy”. Even after being quite clear with him about my desire to stop drinking. Still working the future interactions for that relationship out in my head.
I am uncertain of whether you are suggesting you made your own choice in order to support your friends or in recognition that someday it may potentially become a slippery slope for yourself or some other reason.
Regardless, your decision is at least one peg in a healthier lifestyle for yourself and I suspect it makes you an easier friend to spend time with for your friends who I presume are trying to stay away from alcohol.
Any DIY links that you have found are useful for this (before I start re’searching’. )
Hitler committed suicide.
Video explainer.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AJf4SNuDnoI
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This community is intended to support people who want to stop using alcohol. It is not intended as a space to debate their choices. Just because it is easy to share your opinions doesn't mean you should do so in all spaces. Consider being more kind in determining when and where you share your perspectives.
Kudos to you. It gets easier and you will see more health improvements in the weeks and months ahead.
Why?
Solar power off my roof splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen and then more power to compress and cool the hydrogen just so I can pump the hydrogen through a fuel cell to produce electricity to drive electric motors probably has energy losses at each step reducing efficiency. Doing this at scale and adding tanker trucks consuming hydrogen to deliver hydrogen to fueling stations exacerbates the problem further. It seems so much simpler to shove the energy from my roof into a battery and drive away.
Yep. Been there done that. As a kid. Containment was an issue. Luckily the volume produced was small enough that the resulting explosion only left emotional scars.
Hydrogen as a fuel source seems like an attempt to perpetuate the existing model of centralized refinement, distribution, and purchasing. There are definite hurdles to scaling the electric grid if we perpetuate the number of vehicles but it is possible. If you take into account advances in electric motor and battery capacity and chemistry design and combine all that with green energy options, you have a system which probably scares big energy.
Thanks for the post and references. Good information.
Thanks for posting the link for those who don’t want to scroll and read a lengthy blog post. Good information but if you want to quickly jump to the “mail my MP”, click the link above.
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Thank you for sharing. I am struggling with interacting with one particular friend who seems to expect me to just continue to be his “drinking buddy”. Even after being quite clear with him about my desire to stop drinking. Still working the future interactions for that relationship out in my head.
I am uncertain of whether you are suggesting you made your own choice in order to support your friends or in recognition that someday it may potentially become a slippery slope for yourself or some other reason.
Regardless, your decision is at least one peg in a healthier lifestyle for yourself and I suspect it makes you an easier friend to spend time with for your friends who I presume are trying to stay away from alcohol.
So… good on ya! 🙂
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Was wondering about this too. Not the volunteering to help run, the are they actively moderating bit. 😉
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