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Re:Bring back hydrogen lifting gas by detaro on Monday August 09, 2021 @03:29PM (#28121270)
Large-scale hydrogen production is commonly based on fossil fuels right now, and that's what many fossil fuel companies push when they talk hydrogen. End-to-end efficiency is also not that great. That doesn't necessarily disqualify hydrogen, but it's not as obvious as often presented.
Re:Bring back hydrogen lifting gas by toiletaccount on Monday August 09, 2021 @04:04PM (#28121690)
It seems like a good hydrogen chain could look like: solar panels floating in the ocean split the water and store it, a tanker picks it up and takes it to port. Burn hydrogen at a power plant for the grid, condense the vapor and use it for drinking or farming.

It seems like a great fit for...a lot of use cases. (if we can get over some of the storage hurdles)

Re:Bring back hydrogen lifting gas by namibj on Monday August 09, 2021 @06:55PM (#28123331)
Even then it's comparatively trivial to capture the carbon dioxide from steam reforming, as opposed to gasoline in a car.