Chris Skinner

At first I was excited about this hydrosilane fuel. I thought this more energetic form of combustion using nitrogen might be an actual energy source. But upon closer inspection, it appears to only be an energy dense carrier of energy rather than an actual source. You have to put enormous amounts of energy into separation of silicon from oxygen. Same goes for hydrogen. You will eventually wind - up with the same initial ingredients of sand, water and nitrogen gas after it's all over with.