[stboz]

Pssst! Let you in on a little chemical secret! When you reform methane, you get....OMG...carbon dioxide.

The hydrogen economy is bullsh*t until there is a way to economically produce, store and distribute the stuff. Reforming methane ain't it.

[alloysteel]

With methane, the least amount of CO2 is formed with combustion.

And yes, no matter what fuel we use other than hydrogen, carbon dioxide WILL be one of the end products. Vegetable oil, butter, ethanol, coal, ALL produce CO2 upon combustion.

CO2 is taken up readily by growing plants, converting the CO2 to a carbohydrate, as starch, sugar, cellulose, or any of a number of similar compounds, which are essentially storehouses of energy until consumed by some other life form. CO2 is an essential part of our own life cycle, an important little fact that the "greenies" seem unable to recognize.

But if there is concern about CO2 as a "greenhouse" gas, its importance pales almost to insignificance compared to one other that is rarely mentioned as a "greenhouse" gas - water vapor. The evaporation, movement and precipitation of water vapor has VASTLY more to do with weather and climatic conditions than CO2 ever could.

Difference is, water vapor is impossible to manage, while MAYBE a very small amount of control MIGHT be exerted on the production of CO2.

All of which disappears in the cloud of smoke that appears over just ONE erupting volcano.

[rellimpank]

--The hydrogen economy is bullsh*t until there is a way to economically produce, store and distribute the stuff

-- wraps up all that really needs to be said about the "hydrogen economy"--