How do they use Hydrogen as an alternate energy source? How does it work?
Guest4465 Hydrogen as simply a fuel. Think of it like natural gas or LP gas. Though there are differences, it can be used similarly. But when hydrogen burns, it turns into water – no carbon dioxide at all. To make hydrogen, you simply take the output of a large power plant (nuclear, coal, or whatever) and run the electricity (DC) through water to break it into hydrogen and oxygen and collect them separately. Most environmentalists usually choke on the "big power plant" part of the discussion. How much power does it take to get hydrogen from the water? More power than you get from burning the hydrogen. Hydrogen power is not inherently cleaner (though you may get some advantage by restricting your dirty power to one big power plant rather than many small engines). It simply moves the source of pollution back to the power plant. Report (0) (0) | earlier Guest6796 It burns easily as a fuel source, it is just very difficult to store in usable quantities. Even under great pressure,