Well spotted. Very apposite.

> UK scientists have developed a compound of the element lithium which 
> may
make it practical to store enough hydrogen on-board fuel-cell-powered 
cars
to enable them to drive over 300 miles before refuelling.

The team has tested thousands of solid-state compounds in search of a 
light,
cheap, readily available material which would enable the
absorption/desorption process to take place rapidly and safely at 
typical
fuel cell operating temperatures. They have now produced a variety of
lithium hydride (specifically Li4BN3H10) that could offer the right 
blend of
properties. Development work is now needed to further investigate the
potential of this powder.
/>

Note that they talk about fuel cells throughout. Nobody seems to be 
talking about actually "burning" the Hydrogen. What's the bet that 
that will not be an attarctive option in some applications. Note that 
such burning could be used to drive an eg Stirling cycle machine with 
very good efficiencies. Being an external combustion system the burner 
can be optimised to minimise nitrous oxides. Also, that other nasty 
greenhouse gas, water vapo[u]r, can also be reduced to almost zero 
with care.

I also note in the fine print:

> ... the rapid structural characterisation capabilities at the ISIS 
> neutron source
and the ESRF and Diamond synchrotron sources ...
/>

That would be the Diamond LIGHT source then.
Amazing what they can do with good old light these days.

Bunch of obfuscating liars* the lot of them ... :-)



        Russell

* Very true, alas.
(Just try and find the term "Gamma Rays" anywhere on their site. (I 
did find it used once in a FAQ and the person who wrote that is 
probably now working in Siberia)(or the Shetlands).



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