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Microbial Hydrogen Production Threatens Extinction For The Ethanol Dinosaur
By Mr Ethanol | November 15, 2007
DailyTech:
Hydrogen fuel may soon be nearly as plentiful and cheap due to record setting efficiency
Hydrogen is the optimal fuel in terms of the cleanliness of its burn reaction. It burns cleanly; producing only water, unlike carbon based fossil fuels which also produce CO2 and other hydrocarbon derivatives. However, hydrogen has suffered from 2 key problems; one problem is storage; the other problem is production.
Traditional production of hydrogen via electrolysis (applying an electrical current to water) is not very efficient as you are expending energy to apply the electricity. It also requires the use of fossil fuels or some other alternative energy structure to produce this power for the production infrastructure.
However, research Bruce Logan and his colleagues at Penn State aim to toss traditional production out the window and revolutionize the way hydrogen is produced. Their approach — let special bacteria break down plant matter and byproducts producing hydrogen — with almost no human produced the necessary power. The process is highly efficient and could be easily scalable to mass production.
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