Just heard about this hydrogen powerpaste method of storing and using hydrogen as a fuel.What do you guys think about it?If this could actually work I think it would revolutionize fuel transport and the energy landscape overall Some potential issues: - using paste as fuel will lead to issues with gunk buildup that wouldn't be suitable for high duty cycle vehicles (cars, certain remote generators, etc) - apparently takes significant energy to produce the paste, so not suitable for mass scale usage - while the paste energy density is higher than Li-ion batteries, it's way lower than gasoline by an order of magnitude That being said, the technology exists already, it is sustainable (since hydrogen is effectively free...) and can be produced fairly simply
>>16916125This is a distraction. We will synthesize hydrocarbons to burn forever. Gas is too good at storing energy, it has no equal
>>16916125looks like a meme> hydrogen is effectively freewhat makes you think that?>>16916126trvke
>>16916126If we synthesize it from atmospheric CO2 it is carbon neutral, too. Someday.
>>16916125>hydrogen is effectively freewat
>>16916125The pastes are a doomed tech. They don't offer most of the advantages of either gas, hydrogen or battery power while combining the disadvantages of most of them
>>16916220its just protons bro.
>>16916125is it highly explossive in solid state? because that's one of the main problems with hydrogen storagealso how do you produce it?
Damn I wish that was me...the power paste dispenser
>>16916126>>16916168>We will synthesize hydrocarbons to burn foreverwhy hasn't any hydocarbon company produced results yet?not trying to be hostile I am genuinely curious. what the fuck is the delay? Terraform industries has been in business for over 5 years at this point, hasn't released shit there are other companies working on the tech too. A japanese company, a UK company, and a french one I think.
>>16917581It's an expensive process and for all intents and purposes hydrocarbons are still almost free when pumped from the ground. It's not some weird trick, it's a basic collage level chemistry experiment you can do at your own house if you like.It will be done in the future, for instance it may be that aircraft never get good enough that they could be powered with batteries, especially high powered military types. So instead of using shitting electric planes you just use solar panels to make jet fuel and then use that in the aircraft. For that to be economically viable the price of crude oil has to be high enough to justify the process. For most things batteries will do the job way better however.
>>16916126Hydrogen is a hydrocarbon.It's just so minimal it lacks the carbon.
diesel?
>>16917630so the economics of a company like Terraform only work if the price of crude / natural gas increases to a price that manufacturing it is viable?How far in the future is that point? several decades at least?I guess its good to have the tech ready but I wonder why smart guys like casey handmer are working on this now
>>16917725If I knew I wouldn't be here explaining basic industrial processes to you but making bank on the oil futures market. All anyone knows is that solar is getting cheaper and oil is getting more expensive as it inevitably runs out.
