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hyggety_hyggety t1_j8l2w42 wrote

Serious question: can someone explain to me why using our limited resource of water is a good thing? Like actually destroying the water. Why is treating our oceans as a new fuel source not a horrible idea? It feels like we’re a planet of fuel junkies trying for a better high.

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Alpha3031 t1_j8lykw7 wrote

Well, they hydrogen doesn't go away when you use it as energy storage (it's not a fuel source because you get less energy out burning it than you put in unless you have some pretty advanced fusion reactor, it's like million times harder than deuterium fusion) so when you burn the hydrogen again you get water back.

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Anakin_BlueWalker3 t1_j8n4juw wrote

It does, however, escape from containment very easily and float away into space.

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