Archives: Hydrogen Fuel

Future Cars to Be Powered by Hydrogen Paste

April 7, 2021 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Future Cars to Be Powered by Hydrogen Paste | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel.

Hydrogen paste may be an alternative hydrogen fuel for fuel cell vehicles to filling up with compressed hydrogen gas. Created by The Fraunhofer Institute, this particular substance has become noted as a ‘revolutionary’ development in the auto industry. How would hydrogen paste work in practice? The process would mean that instead of having to fill • Read More »

MEXUSACA: freight hydrail rising?

March 26, 2021 | By Stan Thompson | Comments Off on MEXUSACA: freight hydrail rising? | Filed in: Hydrail, Hydrogen Fuel, Hyrail, News, Political Issues.

Canadian Pacific’s southern merger puts zero-carb freight in easy reach by guest blogger Stan Thompson Canadian Pacific Railway has throttled-up the transition to zero-carbon freight movement by two big notches recently. Last December, 2020, CPR announced “that it plans to develop North America’s first line-haul hydrogen-powered locomotive.”   Then in March, 2021, they announced a combination with • Read More »

A case for chemelectricity

April 20, 2020 | By Stan Thompson | Comments Off on A case for chemelectricity | Filed in: Critics, Fuel Cells, Hydrail, Hydrogen Economy, Hydrogen Fuel, Hydrogen Fuel Production, Hydrogen Fuel Storage, Myths.

by guest blogger Stan Thompson Many of us who saw the hydrogen transition coming over two decades ago are frustrated by writers today who feel obliged to apologize for the vast amount of hydrogen that goes into fertilizer and petrochemicals.  Many of these folks probably feel they have to mention it because so many have • Read More »

Researchers Discuss Natural Hydrogen at Ohio State University

March 14, 2020 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Researchers Discuss Natural Hydrogen at Ohio State University | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel.

I’ve been talking about the world-changing effect that natural hydrogen could have on the world green economy since at least 2013. It’s easy to see why the use of naturally occurring hydrogen could be world-changing. With the clock ticking on making sure we can become more sustainable ASAP, the development of hydrogen is very much • Read More »

Paris Takes Interest in Natural Hydrogen for Fuel

January 18, 2020 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Paris Takes Interest in Natural Hydrogen for Fuel | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel.

For years, talk of being able to turn to hydrogen as an energy source has been seen as a holy grail. The main reason for having doubts about using natural hydrogen as a fuel came from the limits in finding hydrogen that occurs in nature in high purity. However, over time and after much research • Read More »

Hydrogen Fuel About to Get Much Cheaper

September 22, 2019 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Hydrogen Fuel About to Get Much Cheaper | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel.

A report from Bloomberg says that hydrogen fuel might be about to become a lot cheaper than it presently is. Hydrogen gas production costs are falling, and experts predict that in the years to come it will continue to see hydrogen become cheaper and cheaper. The cost of producing hydrogen for cars has been historically • Read More »

Natural Hydrogen (a New Source of Energy) Seeks Commercial Production & Investors

December 19, 2017 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Natural Hydrogen (a New Source of Energy) Seeks Commercial Production & Investors | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel.

  In 2009, geologists discovered a new, previously unknown natural phenomenon: some places on the Earth’s crust were seeping hydrogen gas. Hydrogen is odorless, invisible, tasteless, non-toxic, and, the most important, a very diffusive gas. This may explain why hydrogen in such places was not recognized earlier. This gas seeps out over very wide areas, • Read More »

Natural Hydrogen – Textbooks Everywhere May Need to Be Rewritten

July 26, 2016 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Natural Hydrogen – Textbooks Everywhere May Need to Be Rewritten | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel.

In 2009, I talked about how naturally occurring hydrogen is being leaked from the earth’s crust in Russia (see image at top), Europe and a few other places. I posited that one day this free hydrogen gas could one day be used to fuel cars. In 2011, I asked the rhetorical question of whether or • Read More »

Why Not Put Electricity Directly into BEVs Instead of Using It to Create Hydrogen?

July 22, 2015 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 26 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel.

  I occasionally get asked from battery electric vehicle (BEV) advocates about putting electricity directly into BEVs instead of using it to electrolyze water and create hydrogen for FCVs (fuel cell vehicles). Simply put, hydrogen is a better battery. Here are some other reasons to use electricity to produce hydrogen for cars: If you use • Read More »

But I Don’t Want to Drive Using Hydrogen!

July 15, 2015 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on But I Don’t Want to Drive Using Hydrogen! | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel.

  Over the years, I’ve heard more than a few naysayers and critics exclaim, “But, I don’t want to drive using hydrogen!” And my response has been, “I reality, you already are.”   Here are a few facts about driving vehicles and using hydrogen: Hydrogen fuel cell cars use compressed hydrogen gas for fuel Some • Read More »