A Step Closer to Hydrogen, the "Climate-Friendly Fuel"
Rock&Gem Magazine|March 2024
As I reported last June, the world is racing to find sustainably renewable, nonpolluting sources of energy to replace our carbon-based reserves of coal, oil and gas.
A Step Closer to Hydrogen, the "Climate-Friendly Fuel"

One clean-burning and potentially abundant resource? Hydrogen! Hydrogen gas forms as a result of reactions between water and rock rich in iron minerals (such as olivine) within Earth's crust. Those reactions are ongoing; thus, hydrogen forms constantly by natural processes. When burned, it emits an exhaust of nothing but water.

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