The new Eldorado of white hydrogen

Published by Louis Bellemare on 2024-05-30 Natural Hydrogen Energy’s natural hydrogen drilling site in Kansas (photo courtesy: Viacheslav Zgonnik) Distant future Not in a very distant future, the winner of the Formula 1 season could be Red Bull-Honda. But it could just as well be Mercedes, or even McLaren, or even Ferrari. As long as these vehicles are powered by hydrogen, it would make all the difference. Racing cars will not have a driver. They will be autonomous. Too bad for champagne producers. Moreover, hydrogen combustion is much more silent than gasoline cars when it is powered by fuel cells. Goodbye drivers, but also goodbye to the infernal din of the Grand Prix. This is considerable progress. This is even very good news. One kilogram of hydrogen releases three times more energy than its gasoline equivalent while producing only water as residual matter. It is therefore non-polluting. Hydrogen is abundant on Earth in…