Asri-unix.1145 net.space utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!cca!sri-unix!REM@MIT-MC Sun Apr 4 03:18:03 1982 Re: Another source of hydrogen From: Robert Elton Maas I don't understand your message at all. The solar wind is mostly hydrogen, both atomic and ionized (protons and electrons). All I suggested was that we harvest the protons (and to keep things balanced, an equal number of electrons). The protons are attracted to the negative electrode, where they lose their charge and remain embedded in the surface of the electrode. Where did you get the idea I was fissioning nuclii? I'm merely using solar UV to ionize hydrogen molecules (it happens already) and harvesting the resultant free protons (new). ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.