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Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz
Will it reduce emmisions? NO, because you end up using more energy, and that electricity you have to use to procuce the hydrogen has to come from somewhere, and in this world, that is prodominently from fossil fuels.
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I'm guessing you didn't read the article?
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The system unveiled at Chewonki uses renewable power — from solar panels atop the center and purchases of "green" electricity — to produce hydrogen from water through a process known as electrolysis.
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So you would be quite right, except in this case where they are using solar to generate and store the hydrogen (in a building away from the main building).
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