Why make hydrogen fuel?

Environmental Impact

Making hydrogen fuel is a timely pursuit and a fitting

contribution in addressing global climate crisis.
It has been known that hydrogen fuel is a clean and green

alternative fuel, it being the most abundant element in the

universe.

Research and development and use of hydrogen energy production technologies has resulted to 208 existing refueling stations all over the world and another 63 more to be constructed.

Think. If we had harnessed hydrogen before instead of

fossil fuel, what would life be today without the

ramifications of Global Warming? What could have

independence in fuel brought to each and every nation? To

each of its communities? And to each of the households

producing their own hydrogen energy?

IF simple hydrogen electrolysis works at the household

level, producing enough hydrogen fuel for cooking and other

domestic use, it reduces or eliminates use of woodfuel.

By that, we would saved about 1.8 billion cubic meters of

wood being burned directly as fuel each year.

http://www.wri.org/publication/content/8156

taking this calculation for example:

"Data provided by the Ministry of Agriculture of El Salvador

and Hidayat & Simpson (1994) to determine the specific

gravity of wood from the six tree species... Spanish cedar,

mahogany, rosewood, mango, cashew, and Maya Nut. The average

of the six species was 639 kg/cubic meter of wood. It is

estimated that these species have an average of 3.5 cubic

meters of wood at maturity. Multiplying average specific

gravity by average volume yields an average biomass of 2,237

kg per mature tree. Tree biomass is approximately 50%

carbon, resulting in 1,118 kg or 1.118 tons of carbon per

mature tree. Therefore approximately 0.9 mature trees offset

1 ton of carbon."

Meaning we could save 514,285,714 of those type of trees.

with a sample distance of 5 meters from each tree, that

equals to 1,285,714.28 hectares plantation of those tree

species or a recovery of more or less than 18% from the

global deforestation rate of 7.3 hectares per year(FRA

2005).

If those number of trees were not burned, each tree could

retain approximately 3,670 kg of CO2 (1,000 kg carbon or 1

ton x 3.67-ratio of carbon mass and mass of carbon dioxide).

Saving over 5 million trees we could retain 1.88 billion kgs

of CO2. Accumulating that amount over the past 20 years, we

could have not emitted 37,748,571,408 kgs of CO2 or 19.05

ppm (approximately 27.5% of CO2 emission is due to

deforestation. With the computation above, we have 18%

forest recovery). Meaning, 384.78 less 19.05 is equal to

365.73 ppm, which is 15.73 left to go to achieve the normal

CO2 level in the atmosphere of 350ppm. The computation is

only for 20 years. Based from the premise of harnessing

hydrogen f=before fossil fuel we could have not experienced

Hurricane Katrina.

But instead we are here...

a decision we have to make and take responsibility of.

Let us build a movement for this and help our leaders make

the right decisions. Discover, Hydrogen Potentials, The Quest

for Hydrogen Fuel Efficiency, Hydrogen Myths and

Theories,Hydrogen R & D Milestones, Hydrogen Generation

Technology.

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