Comment on Texas under the global spotlight — 280,000 tonnes of 'white gold' under this desert
OhmsLawn@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Really strangely written article. It appears to be talking about underground hydrogen supplies. It goes on and on about “white gold” without defining it until very late in the article. Feels like AI slop.
Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
Also, it speaks of it as renewable energy, even though it’s clearly not. Producing hydrogen this way consumes elemental iron, which will eventually run out. When there’s nothing but rust left, the reaction will stop and your lovely “renewable” hydrogen mine will will stop producing hydrogen. If we call that renewable, then uranium is renewable too.
Well, at least it produces energy without any direct CO2 emissions, so that’s a clear benefit.