Comments on: UNSW engineers have modified a conventional Diesel engine to use a mix of hydrogen and a small amount of diesel

By: Dan Kurt

Dan Kurt — Sat, 28 Jan 2023 21:56:11 +0000

In college in the 1960s as a Chem Major learned that Hydrogen was impossible to contain and it embrittled materials trying to contain it. Nasty stuff to base an energy economy upon, no?

Dan Kurt

By: David Foster

David Foster — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 18:19:24 +0000

There seem to be a lot more press releases about things that can *use* hydrogen than about things that can *generate* hydrogen with high energy conversion efficiency AND reasonable capital cost.

By: Altitude Zero

Altitude Zero — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 17:56:59 +0000

This will never do. The “Environmental Activists” want to get rid of private cars and freedom to travel, not actually cut carbon emissions. Watch them oppose developments like this with all their might, just like they do with nuclear power.

By: Bob Sykes

Bob Sykes — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 13:21:09 +0000

And hydrogen magically appears whenever needed.

By: Freddo

Freddo — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 12:51:24 +0000

Mining, transportation and agriculture are of course the proper industry sectors for equipment that needs to be highly tuned or it will burn itself out (best case).