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Hydrogen has the nasty property of leaking through many materials, including metals. It also needs to be kept extremely cold. Both properties make it much harde
by Xylakant 6y ago
Hydrogen has the nasty property of leaking through many materials, including metals. It also needs to be kept extremely cold. Both properties make it much harder to transport and store. It’s not clear that technology must exist that makes transporting and storing hydrogen as safe and economically viable as gasoline.
- ComputerGuru 6y agoEven storage of helium has largely been solved, and that is far more tricky than hydrogen. It’s just expensive.
- Xylakant 6y agoHelium is inert and not prone to explode when it sees the first spark. Also, as you indicate: storing helium is expensive - it is only economically viable because there is no competing product and hence whatever the price for helium storage is, it will get paid.
- SV_BubbleTime 6y agoRemind me but there is also no way to make new helium. It’s not a renewable, is it? I thought it was only available as a byproduct of natural gas collection.
- aidenn0 6y agoIf we ever figure out fusion, some forms of fusion result in helium.
- ComputerGuru 6y agoIf we ever figure out fusion, would this become a moot point or even more important than ever?