RE: Wednesday30 Mar 2022 22:06
“Your comment is priceless. Hydrogen is not an energy source. “ - cough cough
Hydrogen does not exist on Earth in its elenental form (apart from miniscule amounts in the atmosphere). – I know this, and it is spelt – elemental & minuscule
So 99.999% of Hydrogen on Earth are compounds with other elements and to break down these compounds to their elemental firms requires energy. – three years studying modules in chemistry (as part of a wider degree) tells me that Hydrogen is a element, and that compounds are mixtures of differing elements based often around the sharing of an electron
95% of Hydrogen at the moment comes from reforming fossil fuel(Gas) not from water. – I also know this, and 4% presently, but 4% PRESENTLY doesn’t. Due to historical cheap fossil fuels, which is about to change and become near cost equivalent to electrolysis.
85% of the energy required to break down the Gas or water into Hydrogen, you've guessed it, comes from fossil fuels. - see above, also At present, BUT , hydrogen is being investigated as a method of storage for energy from wind and solar due to it becoming near cost equivalent
“Therefore Hydrogen is not a energy source not not green unless you can also capture the carbon. Boris was spot on.” --Duplication of the use ‘not’ so does that make it true ?, are we using Boolean logic ?
BORIS IS AN IDIOT, but unfortunately – he’s the better idiot out of all of them. I wish Margaret Thatcher were still alive – at least she had a degree in science unlike this present show of ****e and general population
Your mad ranting is missing the point that solar, wind, nuclear can all be used to produce hydrogen from a source H2O which is not mainly located in geo-political sensitive areas such as Russia or the middle east. The use of at least two of these forms of energy to split the double bond between Hydrogen and Oxygen is already underway – as a method of storing solar and wind power during periods of excess. Do not judge my dig at BOJO as some rapid green tree hugger - since I may well surprise you.
Yours
Beng Eng, Msc Sci x x