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Shell Is Immediately Closing All Of Its California Hydrogen Stations | The oil giant is one of the big players in hydrogen globally, but even it can't make its operations work here. (insideevs.com)

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Shell Is Immediately Closing All Of Its California Hydrogen Stations | The oil giant is one of the big players in hydrogen globally, but even it can't make its operations work here.::The oil giant is one of the big players in hydrogen globally, but even it can't make its operations work here. All seven of its California stations will close immediately.

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[+] SupraMario@lemmy.world -7 points 9 months ago (34 children)

They make solar stations that will pull hydrogen right from the atmosphere. What carbon are you talking about...and you do realize the same power that would be used to make hydrogen in your example would also be charging batteries.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Hydrogen isn't in the atmosphere. The atmosphere is 20.9% oxygen, 70% nitrogen and some trace other gases, none of which are hydrogen.

Hydrogen is produced either by splitting water (the H in H²O) or splitting hydrocarbons like Methane which produces CO² (the carbon part bonding with oxygen from the atmosphere, making that stuff we're trying to cut back on).

That second method is why the fossil fuels companies are so keen on it. Hydrogen can be a repacked form of natural gas.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yes totally forgot how there is no water in our atmosphere...forgot the globe just has water in a few places and humidity doesn't exist...

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 1 points 9 months ago

Oh yes, that 1% water vapour (on average) that you want 2/3rds of.

Gimme a break. I don't think your machine producing hydrogen "straight out of the atmosphere" is going to be fueling many cars.

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