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   From: gossg@gossg.org   
      
   mzenier@eskimo.com (Mark Zenier) wrote:   
      
   >In article ,   
   >Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)  wrote:   
   >   
   >>	Solar power has come a **LONG** way in the last 20 years, and the ONLY   
   >>real hurdle it has left is storage. If someone figures out a   
   >>high-density storage medium, or is willing to install 2-3x base capacity   
   >>so that the "storage medium" is synthesized hydrocarbon fuel of some   
   >>sort, the energy issue would be settled pretty well.   
   >   
   >One of many science programs I listen to from broadcasters around the   
   >world had an segment about an organic chemistry, (instead of some fancy   
   >metal like Vanadium), for fuel batteries that back of the envelope numbers   
   >said could get a storage cost down to 1/4 UScent per kilowatt hour.   
   >Quinone/Hydro-Quinone or something like that.   
      
   I forget nearly everything I learned about organic chemistry word   
   endings from 1977.  Is quinone related to the antimalarial / gin   
   flavouring drug quinine?   
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