Hydrogen Fuel Closer to Fruition

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Hydrogen Fuel Closer to Fruition

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The raw materials -- water and sunlight -- are free. The only waste, oxygen, is nonpolluting. And the product is hailed as the mean, green, fuel of the future. Welcome to the hydrogen economy.

The premise is sound, but the obstacles are substantial. Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe. However, it is shamelessly promiscuous. It will hook up with almost any atom it passes. Like oxygen, in whose sweet embrace it produces water. Or carbon, in whose grubby grope it makes fossil fuels. It doesn't come in a pure form.

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