adr1an@programming.dev to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 8 months agoHow is the hydrogen made?slrpnk.netimagemessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1672arrow-down120file-textcross-posted to: memes@slrpnk.net
arrow-up1652arrow-down1imageHow is the hydrogen made?slrpnk.netadr1an@programming.dev to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square95fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: memes@slrpnk.net
minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·8 months agoYou can, but it is totally inefficient You get about 30% of the energy out that you put in
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·8 months agoSo it’s more like a really bad battery
minus-squarecucumber_sandwich@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·8 months agoBut with all the disadvantages of having to handle gas!
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoYup! It has really good gravimetric energy density, but really bad charging efficiency.
minus-squaredrathvedro@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 months agoNot THAT bad, really, it potentially has a much better mileage-to-weight ratio and sidesteps the issue of lithium recycling and politics
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-28 months agoGreat to gravametric energy density, okay volumetric energy density, great availability, terrible charging efficiency, and complicated handling and storing mechanisms. Lots of tradeoffs.
You can, but it is totally inefficient
You get about 30% of the energy out that you put in
So it’s more like a really bad battery
But with all the disadvantages of having to handle gas!
Yup! It has really good gravimetric energy density, but really bad charging efficiency.
Not THAT bad, really, it potentially has a much better mileage-to-weight ratio and sidesteps the issue of lithium recycling and politics
Great to gravametric energy density, okay volumetric energy density, great availability, terrible charging efficiency, and complicated handling and storing mechanisms. Lots of tradeoffs.