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The atmosphere has a limited capacity for turning H2 into H2O. As more H2 is released, each molecule takes longer to be neutralized.
by angiosperm 3y ago
The atmosphere has a limited capacity for turning H2 into H2O. As more H2 is released, each molecule takes longer to be neutralized.
- pfdietz 3y agoIt may be possible to increase this capacity, for example by releasing iron salt aerosols. These would generate additional OH and Cl radicals by photochemical reactions in sunlight. It would be better to use that increase to destroy methane, though. I also wonder if it could be better to make hydrogen by electrolysis of salt water and produce chlorine instead of oxygen. Released into sunlit atmosphere, chlorine is rapidly decomposed to Cl radicals which will rapidly react with methane (or hydrogen). You'd want to release it at sufficiently low dilution that there's enough methane in each air parcel to consume all the chlorine, though.