we make the hydrogen by using electricity to crack water (we make the electricity by burning coal)https://twitter.com/alexriesart/status/1426485113320218624 …
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4/ Nuclear is a great power source, but if you have unlimited electric from nuclear, you should use that to create a hydrocarbon from atmospheric CO2. Hydrocarbons are much better energy storage fuels than raw hydrogen.https://twitter.com/alexriesart/status/1426532898446876672 …
4/ Hydrogen has one thing going for it: it has high energy density PER MASS, so if you're trying to finesse the rocket equation (where at t=0 you're lifting all of the fuel for t=1...n, and at t=1 you're lifting all the fuel for t=2..n, etc.), it's a win.
5/ yeah, "solar to hydrocarbon" (i.e. growing corn) certainly works. But I was specifically going down the nuclear route, bc you get much higher energy generation per acre that way. A society that grows corn for all energy uses is a sad one, IMO. https://twitter.com/ITBeHa/status/1426533874386055171 …
95% of hydrogen is created from fissile fuels....
Also expands very easily with temperature, meaning you have to vent fuel if the tank warms up for any reason, which is wasteful. And given that it is highly explosive, it must be vented carefully. Just a terrible choice of fuel for any consumer product.
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Also I believe the hydrogen has a tendency to enter the crystalline structure of steel, embrittling it.
> the fact that greens are in love with it By design, the green movement is against reliable scaling solutions. against Nuclear, “big” hydro, local fights on solar and wind (when “big”). The goal is energy starvation and NO human impact on the planet. Mass death is the goal
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