Where Are We Going With Hydrogen?

[RustyJC]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Hitchhiker:
Hydrogen will be made by large-scale reformation of natural gas that is truck delivered....Others, such as AC Transit and USMC Camp Pendleton, make hydrogen with on-site electrolysis of pipelined natural gas. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Why not just burn the natural gas for fuel in the first place? Using CH4 as a source for hydrogen still leaves the question - what do I do with the carbon after stripping off the hydrogen? If I convert it to CO2 and release it, I really haven't made any significant contribution to reducing greenhouse gases, and by using natural gas as my feedstock, I'm not moving away from fossil fuels. So, why bother with hydrogen in that case?

Rusty

[TXiceman]

Rusty, good point to consider. I guess engineers are too practical. Why just change the problem from one pocket to the other pocket?

You have to remember that to an engineer, the glass in neither half full or half empty, it is twice as large as it needed to be.

Ken