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QuineQuest t1_jasplou wrote
Reply to comment by Parchabble in Universal Hydrogen Successfully Completes First Flight of Hydrogen Regional Airliner by tooch_my_gooch
There are alt least two major problems with hydrogen:
- Converting from electrical energy to chemical (making hydrogen) and back again is hugely inefficient. As in losses in the 60% range. By comparison, storing the energy in a battery and extracting it again carries about 10% loss.
- Hydrogen isn't very dense. It will take up a lot of space. To make a 373-size plane that can cross the Atlantic, there wouldn't be any space left for passengers.
QuineQuest t1_jasz2gn wrote
Reply to comment by Parchabble in Universal Hydrogen Successfully Completes First Flight of Hydrogen Regional Airliner by tooch_my_gooch
Sorry, but you sound like you're paid by Toyota.
Producing green hydrogen isn't anything new - we did it in physics class in school. Maximizing efficiency isn't a new idea either, but there isn't a lot of gains on the front in the horizon.
And yes, Hydrogen-powered, Rocket-propelled space flight is absolutely a thing, but it doesn't have a lot in common with commercial passenger flight as we know it. Those rockets also have a pretty abysmal weight-to-payload factor.
I'm not saying we shouldn't use hydrogen (in fact I'm working for a company that makes elctrolysers for producing green hydrogen). But let's start with the low-hanging fruit: Steel production, fertiliser production. Things that doesn't move at 800 km/h.
Fully charged has more on the subject
Edit: wrong link