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I wish I got to do fun little projects like this at my job. Anyway, this proof of concept shows that hydrogen would be a great alternative to propane and natural gas for cooking. Hat tip to @hypx@mastodon.social.

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[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 52 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (27 children)

Fun project! But replacing gas with hydrogen seems really tricky. Hydrogen is much harder to transport without leaks because it's such a tiny molecule. Electric seems better than trying to still burn hydrogen.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

The best way to store and transport hydrogen is to combine it with carbon so that it becomes a convenient liquid fuel. As a bonus, then you don't even need fuel cells to make electricity from it, but can instead simply burn it in something called an "internal combustion engine"

[–] mholiv@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is just synthetic fossil fuel with extra steps. Lol.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

Exactly.

Hydrogen is mostly a greenwashing scam; it isn't any better than what we already have.

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