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To: kosciusko51
Hydrogen is a fuel, which has been used for decades in rockets.

Show me a source of H2 that you can get without pouring energy into separating it from another compound, or leaving Earth.

You can't.

It's not a fuel, it's an energy storage medium.

73 posted on 03/21/2015 7:46:56 PM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Blog: www.BackwoodsEngineer.com)
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To: backwoods-engineer

No, it is a fuel, as well as an energy storage medium, just like a hydrocarbon. You need an oxidizer to liberate the energy.

FYI, the whole rocket community refers to it as a fuel.


77 posted on 03/21/2015 7:52:56 PM PDT by kosciusko51
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To: backwoods-engineer

Furthermore, I never said that you could extract hydrogen without using energy.


79 posted on 03/21/2015 7:54:19 PM PDT by kosciusko51
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To: backwoods-engineer
If you mean that hydrogen is not an energy resource, then I am in agreement with you.
122 posted on 03/23/2015 8:42:28 AM PDT by kosciusko51
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