Saving the Earth NOW - 2021 Earth Day thoughts

 I will be talking about carbon dioxide control and how our future is Hydrogen as the fuel for everything in this article

It is known to all sensible people that humans are wreaking havoc on every part of this earth and its inhabitants non reversible damage due to carbon dioxide emissions for their own comforts. Humans are methodically destroying the environment and pumping millions of tons of carbon dioxide as well as cutting down trees and filling the air which belongs to everyone. The majority of the earth, the oceans are not spared either. 

Developed countries have taken a few steps, to avoid smog, we have implemented the exhaust gas from our vehiches to be treated of nitrous oxides, but carbon dioxide is left alone to be accumulate in the atmosphere.

The only way we tackle the problem of generation of carbon dioxide and freely releasing it to atmosphere  is NOT to generate carbon dioxide in activities we do which now produces carbon dioxide as a byproduct. Mostly energy production is what causes carbon dioxide production whether it is electricity or energy to move us or the goods we use to different places with energy. 

Here is the simple solution: Replace the carbon dioxide generating, energy producing activity with a differently energy source - Hydrogen. The burning of hydrogen only produces water, which is harmless. 

So taming hydrogen production, storing and managing it has to be our top priority moving forward. All technology is already available - best way, albeit still inefficient is using fuel cells, 

Fuel cell, hydrogen based cars from Toyota and Hyundai are the solution from the transportation view point. Building up hydrogen stations everywhere and promoting hydrogen based vehicles can start the much needed change in our world. 

So why not promote electric cars? Well, two major deficiencies of pure electric cars - one time it takes to charge if away from home. And two, heavy use of Lithium. Both of these problems will full electric can be cut down with the hydrogen powered cars. Quick fill up, and since fuel cell powers the battery on a regular basis, no need to carry large capacity Lithium batteries.

Now, coming to the petroleum production - what happens to that? At some point we have to wean ourselves off from it, but it can stil be part of the picture. We shift that paradigmby not burning hydrocarbons - it is so yesterday, but broken up into hydrogen, carbon and oxygen. Hydrogen will be used as the fuel, and carbon used in some other uses(activated carbon, carbon nanofibers etc) , and oxygen to be used for industrial as well as medical uses. The technology is already available and mature. 

Another step we need to take is to cut down on anything we burn. Natural gas, propane, since abundant, there are fuel cells  to generate energy - the carbon dioxide as a byproduct, we have to strictly rules implement to scrub it.  

But how? 

Just like how we scrub carbon dioxide in a submarine. Bring the technology to the surface, and have it strictly implemented in any factories or any vehicles where carbon dioxide is still have to be generated. This later could be sunk into the ocean or used as fuel for green houses for higher production and faster plant growth.

TDLR: Actively moving to a Hydrogen based economy NOW rapidly moves us away from the catastrophe we will see in our earth in our life time.

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