Hydrogen is viewed as a promising alternative to fossil fuel, but the methods used to make it either generate too much carbon dioxide or are too expensive. Rice University researchers have found a way to harvest hydrogen from plastic waste using a low-emissions method that could more than pay for itself.
  • Bernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Lol, energy company interested in energy research.

    Such a gotcha…

    You’re shitting on this guy? Check yourself

    Who do you think is going to engineer the transition to a circular economy…my money is on actual engineers, not code monkeys

    You could also, you know, read the article…

    By comparison, “green” hydrogen—produced using renewable energy sources to split water into its two component elements—costs roughly $5 for just over two pounds. Though cheaper, most of the nearly 100 million tons of hydrogen used globally in 2022 was derived from fossil fuels, its production generating roughly 12 tons of carbon dioxide per ton of hydrogen.

    “The main form of hydrogen used today is ‘gray’ hydrogen, which is produced through steam-methane reforming, a method that generates a lot of carbon dioxide,” said James Tour, Rice’s T. T. and W. F. Chao Professor of Chemistry and a professor of materials science and nanoengineering. "Demand for hydrogen will likely skyrocket over the next few decades, so we can’t keep making it the same way we have up until now if we’re serious about reaching net zero emissions by 2050