How many countries are now considering having a so-called hydrogen economy? People are aware that there is a great need to find a stable new source of energy which is at the same time, environment friendly. Hydrogen can, in fact, fuel homes and cars. However, producing usable hydrogen is a problem.
Most of the hydrogen found in the Earths atmosphere is not in usable form. Among the methods used to produce usable hydrogen available today are water electrolysis and natural gas steam reforming.
The two methods are not enough to supply many homes and cars with the needed alternative fuel. Scientists and researchers should be able to come up with new and improved methods to meet the growing demand for hydrogen fuel in the coming years. Currently, there are hydrogen renewable sources like ethanol, biomass, tidal energy, wind farms, solar, and hydroelectric energy. Gravitational energy is also an experimental resource at the moment.
Scientists and researchers at this time are looking into the possibility of capturing hydrogen byproducts. Some processes give off hydrogen as a byproduct as this is one way to obtain it. Todays technology is also making use of...