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Re:Hydrogen’s moment is here at last? by pjc50 on Saturday October 09, 2021 @06:00AM (#28808419)
> trivial to turn water into hydrogen via electrolysis

The platinum catalyst is expensive, and as others point out, you need special piping for hydrogen.

More promising is direct ammonia synthesis: https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/ammonia-synthesis-go...

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Re:Hydrogen’s moment is here at last? by abdupattoh on Sunday October 10, 2021 @02:16AM (#28816207)
The Middle East / GCC oil countries are looking seriously into ammonia as energy transport to Europe for blue hydrogen. (produced from petrocarbons with sequestering.)
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