[BMWCSRegistry] : Roundel question FF/WOB

[Michael Eaton]

Art,

If I recall correctly, the majority of the industrial H2 gas produced comes 
from passing natural gas (pardon the pun) over a catalyst.  So the 
supposedly environmentally friendly fuel will still come from fossil fuel 
sources, at least in the near term.

Mike


>From: Art Wegweiser <art at bmwcsregistry.org>
>To: JamesChapa at aol.com, BMWCSRegistry at idb.ded.forest.net
>Subject: [BMWCSRegistry] :  Roundel question FF/WOB
>Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:56:40 -0400
>
>Actually, if I recall correctly, BMW ran some TV ads a few years ago - 
>among the several really bad ones more recently - which showed an E9 
>getting smashed up and from the wreckage a 7 series something morphed. Was 
>I little pissed? Did Karmann invent a new and improved method of rusting?
>
>Their  latest great effort I have seen, touts something called a Hydrogen 
>7.
>"When the World is ready, we will be." says the voice over.
>Right - put this thing in mothballs for a few decades until a proper 
>network of Hindenberg filling stations are established.
>How ironic - a disaster named after German ruler and now the first 
>announced H2 vehicle comes from Deutschland.
>Not having had a chemistry course since around 1953, I forget how Hydrogen 
>is produced other than passing an electric current through water.
>
>Art
>Drive now, Talk later.
>
>At 4:51 PM -0400 9/20/07, JamesChapa at aol.com wrote:
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>>In a message dated 9/20/2007 3:15:47 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
>>awpesq at comcast.net writes:
>>
>>Is a 740 an e9 coupe. What's it look like?
>>
>>It's JUST LIKE the e-9, but it's a four-door and 30 years younger.  
>>Attracts the same crowd, though.
>>
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