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World On Threshold Of Natural Hydrogen “Gold Rush,” Geologists Say

February 21, 2024

World On Threshold Of Natural Hydrogen “Gold Rush,” Geologists Say Speaking this weekend at a Denver meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, geologists heralded a coming, game-changing surge in mankind’s harvesting of a resource long thought impractical to collect: naturally-occurring or “geologic hydrogen.”  The scientists provided a first look at the findings of […]

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White (Hydrogen) Lies

November 13, 2023

White (Hydrogen) Lies Photo by Carlos Torres on Unsplash Geologists, while searching for oil and gas in France, have found the biggest deposit of pure naturally occurring hydrogen yet. A source of fuel which “burns clean” and hot, and thus can “replace” fossil fuels in “hard to decarbonize” areas of the industry like steel, glass or cement manufacturing, not […]

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Japan Tried to Build a Hydrogen Society. It Backfired Spectacularly.

February 14, 2023

Japan Tried to Build a Hydrogen Society. It Backfired Spectacularly. Seemed like a good idea at the time. Andriy Onufriyenko//Getty Images Japan has long been a leader in hydrogen energy and fuel cell technology. Companies like Toyota plan to build entire cities entirely powered by hydrogen. A new report from an environmental think-tank argues that Japan is investing in […]

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Hydrogen hopium: Storage

October 29, 2022

Hydrogen hopium: Storage Source: Russel Rhodes (2011) Explosive Lessons in Hydrogen Safety. https://appel.nasa.gov/2011/02/02/explosive-lessons-in-hydrogen-safety/ Preface. Preface.  What is hopium? Irrational or unwarranted optimism. An addiction to false hopes. A metaphorical substance that causes people to believe in a false hope (H + opium). And Hopium makes fuel cell hydrogen cars!  What could be more suitable for today’s post. […]

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Hydrogen hopium: green hydrogen from water

October 19, 2022

Hydrogen hopium: green hydrogen from water Additional steps not shown in above figure: getting water to the electrolyzer, compress or liquefy to -423 F before storage, the trucks to deliver H to stations costing $75 million each, since pipelines are super expensive and may leak, corrode, and explode (Zhao 2018) Preface. For all the reasons why […]

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Another extraordinary delusion: Mining helium from the Moon

November 17, 2021

Another extraordinary delusion: Mining helium from the Moon Asia Times tells us that there is a “secret mining war” taking place in space over helium-3, a version of helium which is surprisingly abundant on the Moon. Helium-3 is an isotope of helium with two protons and one neutron. The far more prevalent arrangement is helium-4, two […]

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For Many, Hydrogen Is the Fuel of the Future. New Research Raises Doubts.

August 12, 2021

For Many, Hydrogen Is the Fuel of the Future. New Research Raises Doubts. Industry has been promoting hydrogen as a reliable, next-generation fuel to power cars, heat homes and generate electricity. It may, in fact, be worse for the climate than previously thought. It is seen by many as the clean energy of the future. […]

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A Concise History of the Concept of “Hydrogen Economy”

May 15, 2021

A Concise History of the Concept of “Hydrogen Economy” The concept of “hydrogen economy” has a distinct “1960s” feeling. It is the idea of maintaining the lifestyle of the post-war period, with suburban homes, green lawns around them, two cars in every garage,  and all that. The only difference would be that this world would […]

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The Hydrogen-Based Economy: Is it Enough to Paint Something Blue to Make it Green?

January 16, 2021

The Hydrogen-Based Economy: Is it Enough to Paint Something Blue to Make it Green? A hopeful image for a hopeful article by Bertrand Piccard. “Blue Hydrogen” seems to be popular, nowadays. But is it enough to paint something blue to make it green? It turns out that “green” hydrogen, assuming it exists, is too expensive for […]

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