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@dtilque

For the rest, I don’t think hydrogen is the answer. It’s a dangerous fuel, as explosive as gasoline fumes.

Actually gasoline fumes aren’t all that explosive outside of Hollywood films, and hydrogen isn’t really that dangerous. Less dangerous than many other fuels in fact, since its extreme lightness means that burning hydrogen goes rapidly straight up instead of spreading. As spectacular as the Hindenburg disaster was, 62 out of the 97 onboard survived.

If anything the biggest problem with hydrogen is that it’s hard to contain and hard to condense, so it’s bulky. Hydrogen powered ships are probably the most practical just because bulkiness doesn’t matter that much with them.

As for oil, eventually we’ll stop using just because it’ll run out.

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@dtilque

Don’t get me wrong. I’m enthusiastic about renewable energy, but it’s much more efficient to use the energy directly rather than electrolyze water and then use the hydrogen.

Cool. I have electricity. Show me how to use it directly to make ammonia. Or SAF. Or DRI. Or how to store it for a year cheaper than with batteries. Or how to sell it to Japan. Or how to use it for hydrocracking.

We currently make about 100 million tons of hydrogen a year without any new applications.

Yes it’s probably dumb to put in my car but PNWH2 wasn’t looking at that.

You have access here to people with phds who work in this area and who actually know something about this topic. You can ask question and are not forced to post whatever that was.