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CO2 has its problems but at least nature automatically recycles it and produces O2 again. But what about hydrogen? Wouldn’t burning it consume our oxygen supp
by h_tbob 2y ago
CO2 has its problems but at least nature automatically recycles it and produces O2 again.
But what about hydrogen? Wouldn’t burning it consume our oxygen supply with no way to replenish without large scale electrolysis? Seems like this could be a worse disaster since nature doesn’t do that by default.
- dvh 2y agoIt's only 0.000001 of the mass of Earth's atmosphere (assuming 5e18kg)
- philipkglass 2y agoNo, photosynthesis turns water into oxygen and hydrogen-containing organic compounds. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthesis#Refinements https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthesis#Refinements Samuel Ruben and Martin Kamen used radioactive isotopes to determine that the oxygen liberated in photosynthesis came from the water.