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Originally Posted by ken0042
Sorry- I was under the impression that hydrogen is produced by using water and electricity. I guess the way we made it in high school chemistry class isn't the standard.
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Electrolysis requires too much grid electricity to justify using it to make hydrogen. In theory you could produce hydrogen from the electricity made from your own solar panels or windmill. The thing is, a hydrogen fuel cell ends up being just another type of battery, and an incredibly inefficient one at that considering the electricity you used to charge it. Conventional battery technology keeps getting better and more efficient, and seems to be winning the race with hydrogen. Therefore the hydrogen economy is going to be hard to realize.