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by riquito 2117 days ago
Hydrogen can be a practical fuel, but you need energy to extract it, which could very well be nuclear
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Or solar. Or wind. Or tidal. The beauty of hydrogen is its a great way of time-shifting intermittent energy on a large scale (assuming a large enough water supply) for later use. I’m talking primarily about electricity generation as opposed to fuel for vehicles.