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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
I'd have to parallel that thought with the conversion from whale oil products to fossil oil. People said it was expensive to drill into the earth instead of floating on a boat. Then you still have to refine it and there weren't refineries for crude oil back then. The infrastructure had to be built.
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It's important to note that saying it's not economically viable now doesn't mean it never will be. There was a time when the oil sands out in Alberta weren't economically viable either, but they're looking mighty attractive these days.
I'm still interested to know how Iceland is getting past the technical hurdles. Primarily the storage issue... hydrogen is not cheap to produce and store in large quantities. You can add a chemical reagent and store it as ammonia (for example) but that's even less efficient in terms of energy. I suppose when you're Iceland and have as much excess as they do it's less of an issue.
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