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I would like to have an estimation of total hydrogen leaks we could have if everybody used this technology everywhere. Hydrogen is so light that it's going into
by Rexxar 11y ago
I would like to have an estimation of total hydrogen leaks we could have if everybody used this technology everywhere. Hydrogen is so light that it's going into space when it's released in atmosphere.
If the computation shows that we will send 1% of earth's hydrogen into space every 5 billion years, no problem.
If we will send 1% of earth's hydrogen every 1000 years or less, I will prefer not to use this technology.
- J_Darnley 11y agoThe water in the oceans weighs 10^24 grams[1] this equates to about 10^23 grams of hydrogen (2/18ths of water). This mass of hydrogen is about 10^21 cubic metres or 1.1 times the volume of the earth [2]. Think we are fine. [1] https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%28volume+of+oceans%29+*+%28density+of+water%29 https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%28volume+of+oceans%29... [2] https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=volume+of+10^23+grams+of+hydrogen+gas https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=volume+of+10^23+grams+...
- Rexxar 11y agoSo if we destroy irreversibly as much water as we consume petrol (1.5 * 10^10, very pessimist hypothesis IMHO) we have for 10^12 years before consuming more than 1% of water. This should be fine.