Hydrogen is both expensive and a burden on the environment at the same time, releasing amounts of carbon comparable to just the refining oil necessary to get the same amount of energy. The amount of emissions and cost varies depending on the method of production, but none of them fulfil the aspirations we place on the technology, and the amount of hype and funding they get.
Article on Purple Hydrogen vs. Blue Hydrogen
Forget Blue Hydrogen Production… Make it Purple!
With demand for hydrogen growing massively larger each year, there needs to be a clean and efficient way to produce the fuel, and additives, to get any of the benefits of using the hydrogen in the first place. ‘New solutions’ to the problem, like blue hydrogen, are either too expensive to be implemented, or rely on unattainable technologies to work, but are still being trusted upon to match the growing need for hydrogen. The amount of funding that’s thrown at hydrogen just hoping it will get better is staggering, with the US’s new infrastructure bill allocating $9.5 Billion in funding for hydrogen projects. Unfortunately most of this money ends up going towards just lining the pockets of big oil companies and industry. If we want to actually make a hydrogen economy there needs to be a way to make hydrogen that fulfils our requirements (being environmentally friendly), in a way that makes sense economically, and clearly we just have that yet. The problem can be viewed as a factor of whatever the hydrogen is being made from, methane produces carbon emissions that we can’t handle and water takes up too much energy, so if we want the unparalleled development in the advancement of hydrogen that we need, we will have to use a new source for making the hydrogen.
<aside> 💧 Water Energy Requirements: ΔEN H₂O = 1.4
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🛢️ Methane Energy Requirements:
ΔEN CH4 = 0.4
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<aside> 🥚 Hydrogen Sulfide Energy Requirements: ΔEN H₂S = 0.4
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<aside> 📃 Whitepaper: ‣
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