Talk aout energy on demand. If this pans out(as it looks) all those against hydrogen based enegy are in for a wake up call. Oil companies too.
It's about time. Geeks rule, others drool.

The determining factor, assuming it works as advertised, will be how much energy is consumed in the creation of this particular alloy. If the energy use and cost is low enough, this is an amazing breakthrough.

Assuming that this process works there just might be more than egos working against its rapid development

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The initial energy mass creation point may be moot.
The article discloses that the byproduct or residuals produced are Aluminum Oxides (the same material that is used on sandpaper). It also says it can be recycled and reused to start the fuel process all over again.

I don't know of too many fuel based systems right now that can make that claim AND produce no pollution to boot. It may be very promising.

If it takes too much energy to create and recycle, then it is rather pointless. And there is still the cost involved to the consumer. Aluminum isn't the cheapest of metals which is one of the reason it is actually worth recycling. And I am not even sure what gallium is or how common or expensive it would be. And how much of this would you need to power your automobile. And how much will that automobile cost.

I believe this looks very promising, but there are lots of factors involved before we know if this is a feasible alternative to gasoline in automobiles.

True. In my mind I can envision the system being used with an onboard recycler, basically a multi celled fuel block. The engine uses x amount of the cells and then shifts to the others when needed or at a pre-determined interval. While the other cells are offline and not producing energy the onboard convertor recycles the offline cells to be reused.


Of course I can think ahead of most problems anyway.

The point is it could be made to be self replensihing to a degree. Kind of like a cycled lithium ion battery that would be self recharging. I know it can be done.

Interesting. Much better than using corn.