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kiri

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2. Converting fossil methane to carbon dioxide is hardly 'green'

Reply to Caribbeans (Original post)

Sun Oct 13, 2024, 04:08 PM

Oct 13

I am not convinced. So-called green hydrogen comes from taking methane (natural gas, CH4)), stripping off the hydrogen, and releasing CO2, which is still a green house gas! That's the same CO2 that comes from burning methane. Which is far simpler than a fuel cell---which needs fancy membranes, catalysts, much maintenance.

Practical, affordable fuel cells have always been 5 years in the future for at least 40 years.

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Converting fossil methane to carbon dioxide is hardly 'green' kiri Oct 13 #2