MAJOR energy breakthrough

[BoxCar_Willie]

I'm surprised that this is not getting more play in the Media. This is a MAJOR breakthrough that is going to change nearly everything in the next 5-10 years. Out-fucking-standing

Solar-Power Breakthrough
Researchers Have Found a Cheap and Easy Way to Store the Energy Made by Solar Power.
By KEVIN BULLIS
August 2, 2008

Researchers have made a major advance in inorganic chemistry that could lead to a cheap way to store energy from the sun. In so doing, they have solved one of the key problems in making solar energy a dominant source of electricity.

Daniel Nocera, a professor of chemistry at MIT, has developed a catalyst that can generate oxygen from a glass of water by splitting water molecules. The reaction frees hydrogen ions to make hydrogen gas. The catalyst, which is easy and cheap to make, could be used to generate vast amounts of hydrogen using sunlight to power the reactions. The hydrogen can then be burned or run through a fuel cell to generate electricity whenever it's needed, including when the sun isn't shining.

Solar power is ultimately limited by the fact that the solar cells only produce their peak output for a few hours each day. The proposed solution of using sunlight to split water, storing solar energy in the form of hydrogen, hasn't been practical because

 

[Mac]

Sounds like a breakthrough, but wouldn't a mass amount of water vapor turn into HIGH humidity and thus creating more storms and rain. Including areas that don't get much rain such as desert areas, etc?