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      05-08-2021, 12:44 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by JamesNoBrakes View Post
Electrolysis quite literally cannot be more efficient, it is what it is. Where you might be able to make some H2 though is when you have some kind of excess energy that would otherwise be wasted if not captured immediately. Like if you were over-producing for the electrical grid with windmills or solar for some reason. It still won't be efficient, but better than "letting it go". You won't get a lot of return for that and it'll just exist as a fringe production method in that respect. But yeah, the amount of energy to produce, then compress, and ultimately store/transport H2 is absolutely off the scales in terms of immense. It is absolutely not "free". While it exists bonded to oxygen, separating it and making it usable is a hell of a lot more energy intensive than cracking other hydrocarbons.
Makes sense to use energy to "create" portable energy rather than digging up anything. We can find ways of producing more sustainable energy to have "excess energy".

This is progress. EVs and batteries are not the future, just a popular bandaid.
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