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   "Greg Goss"  wrote in message   
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   > 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.   
      
   But its so easy to check now.   
      
   > Is quinone related to the antimalarial / gin flavouring drug quinine?   
      
   Nope.   
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinone   
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinine   
      
   The only similarity is the Quin part which is just a number.   
      
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