Aircraft retrofitted with hydrogen fuel cells could slash CO2 emissions from small planes — and potentially pave the way for hydrogen jets, new study shows.
The first hydrogen-powered planes are taking flight::undefined
Someone do the math on the net CO2 impact between jet fuel and natural gas reforming, including emissions to build that infrastructure, natural gas leaks (there’s a lot here), and transporting the hydrogen
Cool story bro.
So where’d that hydrogen fuel come from?
Today 95% of the hydrogen produced in the United States is made by natural gas reforming in large central plants.
https://www.energy.gov/eere/fuelcells/hydrogen-resources
Someone do the math on the net CO2 impact between jet fuel and natural gas reforming, including emissions to build that infrastructure, natural gas leaks (there’s a lot here), and transporting the hydrogen
It is horrible today. The only hope is to use solar energy to split water.
Given our tendency to overdo everything, this would concern me that we could actually use up all our water
The output of hydrogen engines is water. So we reclaim that quickly. The more likely problem is the unnatural redistribution of water.