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'No place in our homes' | Hydrogen blends leak twice as much in household cookers compared to gas: report | leakage rate is likely to wipe out any climate benefits of using H2 in the first place (www.hydrogeninsight.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago (8 children)

I'm very confused. About a year ago I saw a YouTube video describing the use of hydrogen as a replacement for fossil fuels.

It went into great detail about the effectiveness and impracticable restrictions on distribution of pure hydrogen, mainly because its extremely small molecules leak through pretty much everything and compression is required to carry any useful quantities around, not to mention storage temperature and refuelling issues.

This was contrasted with using ammonia as a hydrogen delivery mechanism instead. We distribute and transport ammonia around the planet in great quantities already. The chemical process is green, uses significantly less energy, and we already know how to do this.

What I don't understand is why we're still talking about pure hydrogen, doing studies about cooking and still trying to promote this as a great fuel, when better, more effective ways exist.

Anyone?

More information here: https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2020/11/ammonia-to-green-hydrogen/

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

One possible reason is that ammonia is a fairly dangerous substance with both acute and chronic exposure risks.

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