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Subject: Re: perpetual motion
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> 
> The thing that makes hydrogen extremely dangerous is the huge
> range of concentrations of mixtures with oxygen at which it is
> explosive. (I hope that makes sense)

It does, but gasoline has a nice range too (and tends to stay in that range,
since it is a liquid slowly evaporating to a heavy vapor).

> 
> Then, too can you imagine the effect if thousands of cars were
> pouring water vapor out their tailpipes on a hot, humid day?

CH4 + 2O2 = CO2 + 2 H2O + heat	(scale it up for bigger hydrocarbons)
Hint: they do already.

Can you imagine the effect if thousands of cars were NOT pouring carbon
monoxide and lead out their tailpipes on that same hot, humid (and thermal-
inverted) day?
-- 
John Woods, Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA, (617) 626-1101
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Think of it as "evolution inaction".

There are no unintentional spelling errors in this article.