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Re:Ford's answer to EV supply chain hell: Cheaper batteries by flumpmaster on Sunday July 24, 2022 @09:13AM (#32213165)
That is not correct. Globally 75% of hydrogen is produced from Natural Gas:

https://www.iea.org/reports/the-future-of-hydrogen

See section on production.

The most commonly used process creates a mixture of steam, hydrogen and CO2. The water is condensed and the CO2 removed to purify the hydrogen product. The CO2 is a concentrated stream. This is sometimes captured and sold as a byproduct (eg food grade CO2 for beverages or dry ice).

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Re:Ford's answer to EV supply chain hell: Cheaper batteries by nl on Sunday July 24, 2022 @10:46AM (#32213977)
The gas based production is no better because of the CO2 emissions of course.
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Re:Ford's answer to EV supply chain hell: Cheaper batteries by smaudet on Sunday July 24, 2022 @10:54AM (#32214069)
There is a promising electrolysis route as well now, zero emissions:

https://newatlas.com/energy/hysata-efficient-hydrogen-electr...

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Re:Ford's answer to EV supply chain hell: Cheaper batteries by nl on Sunday July 24, 2022 @07:05PM (#32218704)
As with all promising research papers, believe it when you see it in commerical-scale use.

In the past most catalyst improvements have run into problems with maintenance.

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