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[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 weeks ago (27 children)

not now, but if hydrogen were to be used as an energy source/storage, then it'd be used plenty. same with batteries

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 27 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (24 children)

We can make hydrogen everywhere, we can't 'make oil'.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (8 children)

Yeah, there's no reason to be transporting hydrogen long distances. You can make it anywhere that has water and electricity. And if you've transitioned to a hydrogen based economy (which is a big if), ships wouldn't run on oil any more anyway, so there's no problem there.

[–] MarcomachtKuchen 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah but your electricity also needs to be produced by reusable manners, which commonly results in solar power. And since the intensity of solar rays and the amount of sunny hours per day vary on the global scale there are some countries which are capable of producing more hydrogen and cheaper than producing locally. I know that the German government is looking at Marocco to establish a hydrogen production and import.

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