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The main source (95%) of hydrogen fuel in the US is a by-product of Natural Gas extraction (https://www.energy.gov/eere/fuelcells/hydrogen-production-natural-ga
by alex_young 7y ago
The main source (95%) of hydrogen fuel in the US is a by-product of Natural Gas extraction (https://www.energy.gov/eere/fuelcells/hydrogen-production-natural-gas-reforming https://www.energy.gov/eere/fuelcells/hydrogen-production-na...).
What problem are we solving by moving to hydrogen?
- semi-extrinsic 7y agoWhen you do steam methane reforming to produce hydrogen, separating out the CO2 is a necessary step in the process. Then it's just a matter of storing it underground, rather than just emitting it.
- alex_young 7y agoAre there any commercial examples of carbon sequestration? We've heard that line for decades now, if it's real there should be plenty of production sites by this point.
- mmaurizi 7y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_capture_and_storage#Industrial-scale_projects https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_capture_and_storage#Ind...
- nightwing 7y agoTrying to make simpler and cheaper planes, not everything has to be about CO2.