As long as it doesn't put us in the poor house- like relying on foreign refinery oil production and sales seems to be on the way to doing. Ironic then, that the Arabs may cut their own economic throats when Western users cut back on use as is going on right now and ever higher fuel prices drive a public clamor for other energies. I'll need to research cracking hydrogen from oil, yet that looks to put us right back to deriving energy, albeit a "second party"- result, from a source that depletes. Once you derive the hydrogen from the oil- I suppose the oil still can be used for some purpose- but I can't see how you'd re-derive the hydrogen from the oil. Also, what form ( state- gas/fluid/solid ) is hydrogen found other than "cracking" molecules? One other item: a pet peeve, characterizing seekers of knowledge and of regenerable or non- depleting energy as "crackpots" is exactly why it seems only charlatans promote water derived hydrogen or hydrogen based molecules from water. To continue to belittle the efforts of those truly trying to find an efficient and non- polluting means of getting and burning hydrogen, either wholly by itself, or as a "co-burn" along with gasoline- is a disservice to legitimate scientists, or even "tinkerers"furthering efforts in this area. And THAT needs to stop. Steve Avery Santa Maria, California _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list