It takes several times the energy to extract hydrogen from water, than the hydrogen will provide. The only thing that switching to hydrogen power does is remove pollution from the point source and hide it at the point of manufacture.
is extracted from natural gas which is much more efficient than extracting it from water. Yet, of course, it would be much more efficient to simply burn the natural gas.
Sorry but there is no free lunch, and the hydrogen hypers are spreading a dangerous myth. In fact, the fossil fuel and nuclear power companies are in on the myth, because as of right now the only way to make hydrogen workable as a fuel is to use natural gas, oil and coal plants and/or nuclear power to extract and purify the hydrogen. Hydrogen cells are useful in some applications, but NOT as a way to replace conventional fuel.
--Lee
Mike Elvin
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