What is white hydrogen? Scientists say the clean-energy gas could save the world.
What is white hydrogen? Scientists say the clean-energy gas could save the world.
White hydrogen, the newly discovered clean energy gas, could be key in mitigating the climate crisis, experts say.
Hydrogen power is an exciting form of clean energy. But hydrogen typically needed to be produced in a lab using energy-intensive methods. White hydrogen, a newly identified hydrogen source, could eliminate the need for lab production.
So, they found one large deposit, but it's so vanishingly rare that until a few years ago they didn't even think you could find natural deposits of hydrogen. Yeah, this isn't a solution to anything, this is just the most niche natural resource ever discovered.
This is a shit article, but the exciting part is that we found a natural deposit where white hydrogen is being made in the Earth's crust. Finding that means we can study the mechanism and conditions required and look for more.
Getting away from carbon fuels and creating viable hydrogen-driven industries would be an excellent step in the right direction. We need to build out the infrastructure to be the backbone that replaces oil and gas. Finding natural deposits, even in limited amounts, will bring down the cost of production and nudge the revolution along.
Everything you said is true. This isn't a solution, and it is vanishingly rare. That doesn't mean it isn't an exciting and promising discovery. It's like landing on Mars and finding liquid water, and you're complaining that it isn't enough to go for a swim.
Getting away from carbon fuels and creating viable hydrogen-driven industries would be an excellent step in the right direction.
Logistically hydrogen is a pretty horrible fuel source. The molecule (H2) is so darn small it leaks past nearly all valves and seals except for those specifically designed (and maintained!) for hydrogen. Its also very low density so trying to store it mean GIANT containers that don't end up holding much hydrogen. You can increase the density for storage by liquefying it, but now your storage requirements for keeping extra cold in its liquid state increase costs. It also takes lots of energy to chill gaseous hydrogen to liquid, so you're spending your fuel your trying to store to make it storeable.
If France can burn this white hydrogen on-site to generate eletricity, then its a good find, but the moment you talk about trying to store hydrogen, and ship it in quantity, the value of this find is suspect.
I mean yeah, it's really interesting from a scientific standpoint, although the article didn't seem to indicate anything about hydrogen being produced. I had assumed this was some kind of natural inclusion, maybe something left over from the initial formation of the planet or some super rare chemical reaction, not an ongoing process. It would have been nice to see more details about that.
My complaint was that the article is presenting this not as an interesting scientific discovery, but as some kind of energy production breakthrough that's poised to solve climate change. What we need to be doing is massively expanding our nuclear power generation as well as continuing to expand our solar, wind, and hydro power generation while decommissioning coal and gas plants.
The size of the recoverable deposit is also not that well known at this point.
This really gives off oil company clean coal vibes.
Why's that? Is it just a feeling or do you think this article is lying about something specific?
An article containing “scientists say”, “could”, AND “save the world” in the title?!? There’s NO WAY this is overhyped! Just tell me who to write the check to, and how many zeros it should have!
I'd there something specifically wrong with the article?
I’m just laughing at the title they gave it. It seems overly optimistic and clickbaity. Besides, there’s always a big difference between what’s possible under controlled laboratory conditions and what’s practical and available in the real world.
I think we should only use organic free range hydrogen .
I knew there was a new Color coding hydrogen article because I've seen lots of comments in the last day of people talking about it like its been their career for the last 30 year's
My favorite hydrogen is dark fuchsia. That's when you capture your flatulences in a pink balloon.
Seems like digging out more sequestered fuel should lead to the same imbalances in the ecosystem we got with fossil fuels, no?
Since burning hydrogen just creates water, no, not really.
A hundred years ago the East Coast US village my grandmother grew up in had municipal hydrogen gas supply.
Hydrogen lights, cooking etc.
Crazy huh?