I think it is tricky to contain, being so small, that storage is a big part of why it’s too expensive.
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greengnu@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
The cost of hydrogen is not the fuel cells but that hydrogen is made from oil.
buffing_lecturer@leminal.space 2 months ago
CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Huh? I thought Hydrogen was usually produced from splitting O2 and H1 from water?
kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
There are two practical ways to make hydrogen:
Split water molecules via electrolysis. This is thermally inefficient and not cost-effective at scale.
Strip hydrogen atoms off of hydrocarbon molecules, usually natural gas. It’s much cheaper. Unfortunately, the leftover carbon atoms leave the process as CO2. AFAIK all commercially available hydrogen is made this way.
CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Damn, thanks for the info, I always assumed it was just splitting water
gressen@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
There is a multitude of ways to make hydrogen and only 1% of production is low emission.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_production
CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Well shit Today I learned, thanks!
bruhbeans@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
It takes a ton of energy to split water into it’s components, that typically comes from fossil energy
CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 2 months ago
TIL, thanks!
perestroika@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
Most of it, yes.
But there is no requirement to do it that way.