Ammonia fueled Ranger project is now on the road

[MAKG]

So tell us, what is your mitigated probability of failure, per operational hour or per mile?

If you can't produce a verifiable number RIGHT NOW (since you say it is on the road), you are -- very literally -- being negligent. And it really doesn't matter if there is a conference on it. There are conferences from time to time on cold fusion, and that doesn't work either.

People can go to prison for negligent deaths.

 

[WhiteBroncoII2WD]

Not to mention that Ammonia must be "made" the same way Hydrogen must be.
Unless you own an enormous fish farm and are seperating the ammonia out of
the water?

Ammonia simply side-steps SOME of the storage issues of Hydrogen.
(and replaces it with others, Ammonia agressively attacks some metals,
notable copper and nickel)

It's ALL about getting MORE hydrogen in a smaller space without
using cryogenic storage (LH2 or Methane)

Frankly I think Hydrazine shows more promise as a Hydrogen storage means,
but Hydrazine also has serious "issues" (like it's toxic as hell)

Hydrogen in all it's varied forms is NOT a source of energy, it is a means
of energy STORAGE.

I still believe that the BEST replacement for gasoline as a personal vehicle
fuel is Butyl Alcohol (Butanol) as it offes a similar energy density to gasoline
(Range) a higher "octane" AND it can be produced cheaply from NON-edible
biomass and even agricultural byproducts.
the STALKS from corn produce MORE butanol per ton than the GRAIN of corn can produce ethanol. and people (and cattle) still get to eat the corn!

This appears to be the only mention of butanol I can find thus far in our forums. This alcohol is defiantly a fuel to be taken serious when considering replacements for gasoline and or additives.