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How is the hydrogen made? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 85 points 7 months ago (2 children)

That's the ideal case, but in practice much of it is directly derived from natural gas instead of electrolysis

In 2022 less than 1% of hydrogen production was low-carbon.[1] Fossil fuels are the dominant source of hydrogen, for example by steam reforming of natural gas.[2]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_production

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Which is sad, because it'll give a bad name for hydrogen, then we will stuck with oil and stuff, especially thanks to those "muh 70's muscle car" and "muh family truck" types.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

That's what a transition is though, the new things need to be tested and built up but it's pointless making green hydrogen if there's nothing using it so we need both to be developed at the same time.

We're moving towards having good uses for excess power at peek generation which will make wind and solar much better investments, personally I prefer sequestered SAF but hydrogen has a great chance of helping stabilize the grid which will make transition much easier