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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. Even Larger Amounts by dbretton · · Score: 0, Troll

    of Hot Air Found inside of large, white buiding in Washington, DC.

  2. Dependence on WHAT? by Brento · · Score: 1, Troll

    Could this be the beginning of the end for our dependence on oil? I hope so.

    Let me get this straight: you think the mere presence of a large quantity of an alternative is going to change things? So what exactly is holding back solar power, wind power, and nuclear power? They're all more freely available than hydrogen. They've all been around for quite a while, and you don't see people giving up oil just yet.

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  3. Just be careful... by Faust7 · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...that no sparks find their way down there.

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