Gold hydrogen: Is there a huge reserve of clean fuel in Earth's crust?

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Geologists deliberation determination whitethorn beryllium immense earthy stores of hidden hydrogen state wrong Earth, but nary 1 is definite however overmuch determination is oregon however overmuch could beryllium recovered for energy

By James Dinneen

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6 March 2023

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Earth whitethorn incorporate immense overlooked stores of hydrogen gas. If immoderate of it is feasible to recover, this earthy hydrogen could supply a root of clean-burning substance that mightiness accelerate the modulation distant from fossil fuels and past for centuries.

Geologists person known for decades that millions of tonnes of hydrogen state generated by earthy geological processes seeps retired of the crushed each year, but it wasn’t seen arsenic a viable source of energy.

Most geologists assumed the tiny hydrogen molecules wouldn’t enactment …

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