Posted on 07/20/2023 7:36:57 AM PDT by Red Badger
lets deplete the worlds water . No one knows where it came from or how to produce more of it, and water is the most precious substance on earth and the least respected. But since we are so much smarter than nature and so far above nature, let's outsmart the laws of physics and destroy our beautiful blue planet and turn it "green" so the idealists can feel good about themselves
How stupid do they think I am?
Yah, if hydrogen turns into water and water into hydrogen again we will lose all the water!
Right, cobalt is not energy free, it comes from mines in Africa using child labor.
Cobalt mainly comes from the Congo, and is 80% controlled by China. Good luck scaling this boondoggle up to commercial production without paying through the nose for the “green hydrogen.”
How stupid do they think I am?
Now, just need a cheap and easy way to store the hydrogen... Perhaps we could combine it with carbon...
Wait a minute...just, who are "they", really?🤔
Just because you CAN do something doesn't mean you SHOULD.
Splitting water into oxygen and hydrogen will not depleted the world’s water. When hydrogen is burned or run through a fuel cell the hydrogen bonds to oxygen and the byproduct is.... water.
Hydrogen hasn’t been used much as a fuel because it leaks out of any container and it has been too energy intensive to split from water to make it economically feasible for wide use
I'll probably be in production in about 2 weeks.
“Now, just need a cheap and easy way to store the hydrogen”
it is called LOHC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_organic_hydrogen_carriers
The new extraction process is described as a more efficient means of electrolysis, which has been around for ages for splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen.
The water molecule can’t be split into hydrogen without supplying energy. It’s the opposite of burning hydrogen as a fuel which releases energy and produces harmless water.
The long-term plan seems to be that solar cells can be used to run the electrolysis and create hydrogen, which can be stored and distributed to fueling sites for hydrogen-powered vehicles.
THE LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS WILL NOT BE REPEALED....................
How about a woven Carbon-Fiber tube, about 5 inches thick walls and 25 feet long?.........I know where one is...........
Extracting hydrogen from water is not energy free. It takes more energy for the extraction than you can get back from burning the hydrogen.
Using solar power or wind power isn't going to make this extraction work. It takes more energy to build those facilities than you can ever generate during their useful lifespan.
Nuclear power plants might generate enough energy surplus to power the hydrogen extraction. Or hydropower. Nothing else can work.
But hydrogen is too bulky and cannot be retained in any kind of container for very long. It is not a good choice for any kind of transportation fuel. Hydrocarbons (diesel and gasoline) are a much better choice.
Hydrogen gas? No sale.
“ This might be a useful process, especially if it is scalable.
Now, just need a cheap and easy way to store the hydrogen... Perhaps we could combine it with carbon... ”
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And f we could somehow miraculously get plants to produce those hydrocarbons what a green revolution we would have.
No problem. Congress will just repeal the law of thermodynamics.
Yes and in a pressure tank it is dangerous unless in a low pressure compound but then it’s heavy.
But it all can be done if the story is true
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