The Green freaks won’t like this, either.
Um, what? What is “gray hydrogen” and “white hydrogen”?
Something doesn’t add up. This “enormous” deposit is half the world’s annual production of grey Hydrogen? Then this enormous deposit will be used up in two years? I think the article writer is missing somehthing - or else I am.
Can’t use it for energy.
Thousands of people die from dihydrogen monoxide poisoning every year.
Great! When you burn it’ll produce water vapor which is a much stronger green house gas than CO2.
Trump just added France to his Amazon shopping cart. 51st state.
I thought hydrogen can relatively easy in nuclear reactors. Iām not sure why I think that
They actually found a hydrogen well.š²
If they can scrape together another $8 billion they’d have enough to send to Ukraine.
I’m thinking... adding hydrogen to the atmosphere when it was not there before will cause it to combine with oxygen to form water. I wonder how much newly discovered hydrogen can be reacted in this manner before the free O2 content of the air starts to drop?
Fossil fuels have the advantage that their elemental components were all part of the biosphere before they became fossil fuels. Production of CO2 from burning the fossil fuels leads to increased plant growth, with the release of O2 into the air as a byproduct of converting CO2 into biological molecules through photosynthesis. And eventually all of that biomatter ends up converting back into fossil fuels.
But free H2... I don’t see right away where this has ever been part of the biosphere. I’m not a geologist, but it seems like maybe that was a pocket formed during the formation of the earth? Before going all gung-ho about extracting it, I’d want to do some heavy calculations to make sure the effect of using it will have minimal impact on the ratios of the various elements in the biosphere and atmosphere.
“If we can find efficient ways to extract and use it, we may have a powerful new tool in the fight against climate change. This revelation could lead to an international race to locate and extract natural hydrogen reserves, potentially altering the global energy market and reducing reliance on traditional fossil fuels.”
“If, may, could, potentially” ... four weasel words in two sentences ...
Storing Hydrogen can be a bit of a problem. It can migrate through steel, which has been a problem with hydrogen cars. If there is a lot they may have to convert it into ammonia to store it.
Knowing France, they will probably just use it to make dirigibles with.
How much He?
Two problems with Hydrogen...
(1) Lack of density means it is expensive to store it and transport it.
(2) It explodes.
Scientists playing with matches.
Just a hint, per the illustration, it IS NOT a good idea to have hydrogen tanks next to oxygen tanks. Waiting for the Earth shattering Kaboom!
Just one worker and a Gauloises and it’s all over.....
I doubt it.
Dirigibles!