Comments on: The Lorraine basin could contain 46 million tons of natural hydrogen

By: Vxxc

Vxxc — Sat, 19 Aug 2023 23:50:19 +0000

Let us all drive Hindenburgs.

By: Bob Sykes

Bob Sykes — Sat, 12 Aug 2023 01:55:45 +0000

You don’t need a catalyst unless you are burning it a fuel. Of course, with an open flame the efficiency drops into the 40% range.

The amount of free hydrogen in Lorraine is insignificant, and might not even warrant recovery, but there must be other deposits.

But the problem of steel embrittlement still limits transport and storage still limits hydrogen use. It must be generated onsite by electrolysis.

By: Phil B.

Phil B. — Sat, 12 Aug 2023 00:47:27 +0000

Now, do a post about hydrogen embrittlement of metals and how it is impossible to seal joints to make them gas tight.

Bonus points for mentioning the Hindenberg.

It is bad enough with the fires caused by electric car and scooter batteries but if hydrogen is used commercially, then the explosions will make the electric car battery fiasco look like a toddler playing with matches.

By: Gavin Longmuir

Gavin Longmuir — Sat, 12 Aug 2023 00:46:54 +0000

When hydrogen is burned, the reaction product is water vapor — which happens to be by far the Number One “Global Warming Gas”.

It sucks to be a brain-dead environmentalist. It sucks even worse to be an evil politician who believes the brain-dead environmentalist. It sucks worst of all to be an ordinary citizen who can see how dumb this “Greenery” is, and yet still has to pay for it all.

By: Jeff R.

Jeff R. — Sat, 12 Aug 2023 00:31:11 +0000

Maybe we’ll see another Franco-Prussian war for control of the region.

By: Catalyst Bottleneck

Catalyst Bottleneck — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 17:34:39 +0000

So, the world consumes 96 Mt of hydrogen per year, and this deposit contains 48 Mt? This is immensely small.

Also, to burn hydrogen as a fuel, you need very expensive and rare catalysts, such as Platinum or Palladium — and that’s where the bottleneck is.

Also, money costs don’t matter when talking about energy, only EROI.

By: Lu An Li

Lu An Li — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 15:09:06 +0000

They have been talking about hydrogen for decades. Haven’t seen anything yet.