https://rose.geog.mcgill.ca/wordpress/?p=413 Fri, 30 Sep 2005 22:11:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.10 https://rose.geog.mcgill.ca/wordpress/?p=413&cpage=1#comment-1748 Fri, 30 Sep 2005 22:11:05 +0000 http://rose.geog.mcgill.ca/wordpress/?p=413#comment-1748 One of the major problems of hydrogen technology involves not only its transport, but the actual isolation of the hydrogen molecule. While hydrogen is trumped as a clean burning fuel, the process required to separate the H molecule from water requires a lot of energy. As of right now, the only efficient way to get that energy is through the burning of fossil fuels- which takes us right back to the initial problem. Unless hydrogen can be isolated using a clean, renewable form of energy then its prospects for reducing pollution and greenhouse gas emissions are dim. Hopefully solar-powered water electrolysis will soon be able to provide the energy.

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