Due to my engineering and scientific acumen being on a par with a lump of basalt, I'm not qualified to comment.
But I'm going to do it anyway!
It seems to me (off subject a tad), but with the sheer amount of energy stored in the waters of this world - if the desire to harness it was really there- energy scarcity could be a thing of the past.
Which is obviously not a good thing for governments and trying to control people..
water is ash.
there is no energy stored.
however..it can be 'un-ashed' by the application of energy
electrolysis.
THEN there is 'energy stored' .
One of the most energetic physical reactions commonly known actually.
Hydrogen makes GOOD rocket fuel.
I thought in the bond holding the the two molecules together - was a large amount of energy...?
Am i wrong on this one? (not a surprise)
when hydrogen is burned (oxidized) it releases a YUGE amount of energy...relatively speaking.
it's called an EXO thermic chemical reaction.
it takes that same amount of energy to break the bond thus created.
ah -is that where the pesky little equation of free energy keeps falling down?
(this is me trying to sound clever about something I know bugger all about, really)
the rest is still something something darkside....
in physics..NOTHING is free...someone (or something) always pays.
that pesky law of thermodynamics.
Ah! AH! I was correct in my hypothesis........mmmm....
Maybe I should write a paper.
Breaking news.....
something something rocket fuel. got it.