Widespread Use of Hydrogen May Hurt Ozone Layer

Saeger writes "The AP has a story about a CalTech study which has found that the Hydrogen Economy may deplete the ozone layer by 'as much as 8 percent' on the assumption that '10 percent to 20 percent of the hydrogen would leak from pipelines, storage facilities, processing plants and fuel cells in cars and at power plants.'" CalTech's press release has more information.

Comments

Better than whippits!

[router_ninja]

d00d, wow man, the whole planet high.

Re:Fossil Fuels

[edrugtrader]

that doesn't hurt the ozone layer... just everything else, so its ok.

Re:Conflict of Interests

[praedor]

You are wrong on this. If you look into what Bush has actually indicated support for wrt hydrogen power, it relies almost exclusively on...OIL. That's right, the setup the Bush favors is the production of hydrogen from petroleum. He hasn't suggested ANYTHING that would in any way adversely impact his buds in the oil bi-ness. He has put forth a scheme to help keep us dependent on oil until every last drop has been pumped from the ground.

Bush's hydrogen policy isn't a positive in any sense. Not only does it require Exxon/Mobile, etc, to sustain it, it does continual damage to the environment: he gets to ensure that environmental degredation continues from oil spills and drilling in more and more wilderness areas (Yee-Haw!), ensures that the Middle East continues to figure prominantly in our foreign policy calculations (also ensures continued terrorism - a boon for homeland security and invading more countries), and it promises to damage the ozone. You can't beat that with a stick! You get to screw the people and the environment at the same time that you get to keep oil companies at the top of the food chain.