When two scientists went looking for fossil fuels beneath the ground of northeastern France, they did not expect to discover something which could supercharge efforts to tackle the climate crisis.

  • HypxOP
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    11 year ago

    You cannot categorically call anything truly zero emissions. Even BEVs have things like tire dust to worry about. For practical purposes, naturally occurring hydrogen would be a zero emissions fuel.

    No one is saying that this is the solution. It is part of a large number of hydrogen sources that can help solve climate change.

    • Smuuthbrane
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      01 year ago

      I can call BEVs zero emissions EVs, the process of converting electric power to motion has no emissions. You’re grasping at straws pulling in tire dust, which any hydrogen vehicles would also have.

      Yes, hydrogen COULD help, but why are we trying to mine more non-renewable fuels to get it? To stop polluting the planet due to our use of non-renewables we’re going to… use MORE non-renewables?

      Solar cost is plummeting, let’s capitalize on that to generate green hydrogen, if the efficiency makes sense. Otherwise, let’s leave whatever is in the ground in the ground.

      • HypxOP
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        11 year ago

        That’s the point. There’s no true zero emissions vehicle. A hydrogen car, running on zero emissions hydrogen, would also be zero emissions.

        No one is suggesting this is the only way. This is just another zero emissions form of hydrogen.

        Green hydrogen is likely going to be the main source of hydrogen. It won’t be the only one.