Hydrogen is viewed as a promising alternative to fossil fuel, but the methods used to make it either generate too much carbon dioxide or are too expensive. Rice University researchers have found a way to harvest hydrogen from plastic waste using a low-emissions method that could more than pay for itself.

Making hydrogen from waste plastic could pay for itself::Hydrogen is viewed as a promising alternative to fossil fuel, but the methods used to make it either generate too much carbon dioxide or are too expensive. Rice University researchers have found a way to harvest hydrogen …

  • DreamButt@lemmy.worldEnglish
    81·
    1 year ago

    Crazy that people always forget it’s Reduce, Reuse, and only then recycle. Like great let’s collect all the plastic from the ocean and repurpose it but if we keep dumping more into the ocean only to recycle it later we really aren’t solving the core issue