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| Subject: Hydrogen short-cut may prove route to cleaner fuel Tue Dec 10, 2013 7:15 pm | |
| Scientists have produced hydrogen by accelerating a natural process found in rocks deep below the Earth's surface, a short-cut that may herald the wider use of what is a clean fuel, a study showed.
Used in rockets and in battery-like fuel cells, hydrogen is being widely researched as a non-polluting fuel, but its use is so far hampered by high costs. A few hydrogen vehicles are already on the roads, such as the Honda FXC Clarity and Mercedes-Benz F-Cell, and more are planned.
Researchers in France said aluminium oxide speeded up a process by which hydrogen is produced naturally when water meets olivine, a common type of rock, under the high temperatures and pressures found at great depths.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/business/carbon-economy/hydrogen-shortcut-may-prove-route-to-cleaner-fuel-20131209-2yzwf.html#ixzz2n7Y71JxI
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