Big Oil’s Long Bet on Hydrogen Offers a Climate Lifeline

The clean-burning energy source is still too expensive to compete with fossil fuels, but oil companies are investing heavily. On particularly cold winter days, the vast majority of the U.K.’s energy comes from burning natural gas. That arrangement will have to change radically—and soon—if the country is to hit its legally mandated target of net-zero emissions […]

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Magnetism: An unexpected push for the hydrogen economy

For the first time, scientists have applied a magnetic field that directly enhanced the production of hydrogen via water splitting INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH OF CATALONIA (ICIQ) Humankind has entered uncharted territory: atmospheric CO2 levels soared to record-breaking 415ppm for the first time in human history. The need to find a sustainable alternative to CO2-producing […]

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