Re: Nuclear Genterated Hydrogen


"Psiclone" <nunya@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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is it feAsible to generate hydrogen with a remote nuclear plant then put
it
in tankers and ship it around to gas stations/electricity plants?

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...Can we solve the problems of tomorrow with the technology of today?


The biggest problem with hydrogen is not that it is hard to make. You can
make it with nuclear, solar, wind, in fact most commercial H2 is make from
natural gas. The hard part is transporting it. It takes alot of energy to
compress it and when you do, you still don't have much energy per cubic
foot. Transporting is costs the same per cubic foot as gasoline. Also it
his hard on metal leading to shorter duty life for the tranporting medium.
And once you have it, PEM fuel cells are very expensive because they us
Platinum catalysts. They will only get more expensive because demand will
drive up catalyst cost.

They most cost effective way to produce H2 now is from natural gas on site.
This does not get you away from fossil fuels.

Like the sig of the other post, I am less optimistic about hydrogen after
reading about the challenges.


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