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NASA Reports Vast Hydrogen Reserves in Earth's Crust

Posted by timothy on from the consumption-of-mass-quantities dept.

Garin writes: "The Vancouver Sun is reporting that NASA scientists have discovered vast quantities of hydrogen stored in the Earth's crust while they were trying to explain the presence of living bacteria. Could this be the beginning of the end for our dependence on oil? I hope so."

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  1. Oxygen crisis in 3000 by coyote-san · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sure, it sounds like a neat idea now.

    But wait until we've been burning hydrogen-powered cars for a thousand years, locking up all of the atmospheric oxygen in water. People will be gasping for air at sea level, and the 'dead zone' on mountains (which the oxygen level is too low to support human life) will include cities like Denver and Mexico City.

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    For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. -- H L Mencken
  2. Right. by cswiii · · Score: 5, Funny

    Could this be the beginning of the end for our dependence on oil?

    I can think of many reasons why it won't.

  3. Re:How bout ethanol? by mikeee · · Score: 5, Funny

    In the states there are thousands of farmers who cannot afford to eat.

    Huh? Support for this, please? (Farmers having trouble making their loan payments or going bankrupt I might believe...)

    I mean, if they really couldn't eat, they could, I dunno, consume some edible plants. If only there were some way farmers might have access to those...