Quote:
Originally Posted by TastyBake
I understood. I was point out the efficiency to create hydrogen may increase where it won't be too dramatic and techniques to generate hydrogen will also be efficient in the future.
|
The problem is chemistry. When you break the bond between hydrogen & carbon (or oxygen if you're intent on using electrolysis), it takes a certain amount of energy. When you
make a hydrogen bond with an oxygen atom (do it twice & you get water), you release a certain amount of energy. The problem is, it takes more energy to break those bonds than we can get back from making new ones.
Its like trying to pay off a debt by getting more loans. What you suggest is akin to admitting while a 20% interest rate is bad ... if we get it down to 10% it'll be fine. No ... what you need is an outside source of money (or energy) in order to make it all work. Which makes hydrogen not an energy
source like oil, but a form of energy
storage like a battery.