The Hydrogen Economy - CR

Question 1

Why is hydrogen fuel a sustainable option compared to fossil fuels?

Answer 1

There is a lot of hydrogen in the atmosphere and can be separated by using heat and provides an alternative to oil and can be reused

Question 2

What are the advantages?

Answer 2

• best uses are as fuel for heating or transport where’s it’s used in a fuel cell that converts hydrogen into electricity which are more efficient so a little hydrogen can go a long way
• cheap to produce
• it’s safe and already used in chemicals and other industries

Question 3

What are the disadvantages?

Answer 3

• hydrogen isn’t a pure element, energy has to be used to convert water, biomass and other natural gases into hydrogen
• hydrogen is co2 free but the energy used to separate it isn’t
• hydrogen fuel cell car averages emissions of 80g of co2/ km

Question 4

How is California expanding its hydrogen car network?

Answer 4

I’m 2005, to encourage consumers to buy these cars they developed the worlds first hydrogen highway with 36 filling stations in the state