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gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

electrolysis alone has 80% electric -> hydrogen conversion efficiency minimum, sometimes close to 100%. most solar panels have 20% sunlight -> electric efficiency. so total sunlight -> electric -> hydrogen efficiency is about 20% * 80% = 16%. which might not sound like a lot but remember there’s a ton of sunlight so wasting some doesn’t matter.

it’s more about the economic cost to describe how feasible something is.

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