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checkerouter t1_j2dq26e wrote

I always thought hydrogen power had potential, but not as an energy source. More like a replacement for batteries. (E.g. make a shitload of energy using nuclear, use some of that to make hydrogen. Now you have a transportable energy source that burns into water, yay)

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ihavetwelvesads OP t1_j2dqk5c wrote

Most current electrolyser are around 70% efficient, so it’s currently viable for smaller things like rocket fuel

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checkerouter t1_j2dssxx wrote

Fair point, but if we stopped being stupid and just went full send on nuclear/wind/solar/hydro/geothermal etc then we could probably call a 25% energy loss a write off, considering we could do away with needing to produce batteries and would essentially have infinite energy. We’re just missing a couple improvements to generation efficiency/transport/storage of hydrogen but it could be pretty cool.

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OneNoteToRead t1_j2dubt0 wrote

This would work with solar as well. Energy production is a constraint but energy storage/transport is just as important in next-gen renewable solutions.

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