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Silent3

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25. Good article!

Reply to sl8 (Reply #21)

Mon Jan 17, 2022, 05:41 PM

Jan 2022

As far as I'm concerned the only place for hydrogen power would be for applications where electric power and battery storage just won't cut it, and the hydrogen comes from an efficient and truly greenhouse-gas-neutral source.

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New Mexcio In Depth: Hydrogen is a false climate solution (See update at reply #10) [View all] abqtommy Jan 2022 OP

Hydrogen is a net energy sink, anyone who thinks it's a climate solution is ignorant or delusional Spider Jerusalem Jan 2022 #1

As someone who built fuel cell/hydrogen ICE hybrids as university Senior Design Project - Agree. NutmegYankee Jan 2022 #4

Say what you will about Elon Musk, but he was right about that nt Shermann Jan 2022 #5

Tesla (way before Musk) Evaluated different fuels around 1999-2000 Caribbeans Jan 2022 #18

Secretary Granholm? Caribbeans Jan 2022 #9

Yep Spider Jerusalem Jan 2022 #11

Pretty sure Secretary Granholm knows this. Caribbeans Jan 2022 #17

She's a lawyer, not a scientist, so probably not Spider Jerusalem Jan 2022 #19

This is false, "burning hydrogen is worse for the environment than burning coal" The CURRENT ... uponit7771 Jan 2022 #2

In the current energy environment it is reality NickB79 Jan 2022 #3

Isn't It Leaking Now? ProfessorGAC Jan 2022 #13

It depends how much natural gas you have to reformulate to hydrogen in equivalent BTU's NickB79 Jan 2022 #14

Generally Agree ProfessorGAC Jan 2022 #15

My personal "Fuck you all!" to the hydrogen economy fantasy of the early 'eighties wasn't pretty... hunter Jan 2022 #6

What if hydrogen was produced from wind or solar energy? honest.abe Jan 2022 #7

Not really jmowreader Jan 2022 #16

Thanks for this excellently informing reply. nt abqtommy Jan 2022 #20

You need to think of hydrogen as an energy storage medium, not a fuel source. honest.abe Jan 2022 #22

You're going to have to solve a lot of problems to get it to work in vehicles jmowreader Jan 2022 #23

No doubt challenges but I think all surmountable in time. honest.abe Jan 2022 #24

Toyota has a nice FCV on the market now jmowreader Jan 2022 #26

I would take this article with a grain of salt. Mosby Jan 2022 #8

I don't have a background in science so I get confused with all the informaton abqtommy Jan 2022 #10

Hydrogen production types by color Mosby Jan 2022 #12

"How Green is blue hydrogen?" sl8 Jan 2022 #21

Good article! Silent3 Jan 2022 #25