• Devdogg@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    4
    ·
    5 months ago

    Yeah, something about this screams at me it’s not right.

    Why wouldn’t this work? What would go wrong?

    • Mongostein@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      10
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      5 months ago

      Producing hydrogen from natural gas still releases carbon in to the air.

      • CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.workOP
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        6
        arrow-down
        2
        ·
        5 months ago

        …which is the whole reason for doing the SMR within the natural reservoir and leaving the CO2 in there.

          • CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.workOP
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            2
            arrow-down
            1
            ·
            5 months ago

            That used to be my thinking, but there’s a lot of natural gas ready to be exploited and we need hydrogen. Therefore, methods like the one described in the article as well as ex situ methane pyrolysis are worth investigating.

            • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              4
              ·
              5 months ago

              but there’s a lot of natural gas ready to be exploited

              Sooooo money. That’s the exception to doing the right thing?

              • CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.workOP
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                1
                ·
                5 months ago

                You forgot to quote the rest of that sentence. We need hydrogen, which is easy to get from natural gas, of which there is a lot. The right thing to do is figure out how to use it without emitting greenhouse gases. The problem is the same whether we’re under the current mode of production or some hypothetical moneyless condition.