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Fraunhofer IFF team designing hydrogen factory of the future

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Electricity sourced from sun and wind is used to split water into hydrogen and oxygen in a process called electrolysis. The hydrogen is stored and can be converted by fuel cells in vehicles back into electricity that powers them. It is not possible to build wind and PV plants everywhere.

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Earth Day and the Importance of Green Energy

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According to Forbes , studies have found that solar and wind power is often cheaper than power from fossil fuels, even without financial assistance, and their daily operations undercut even the most cost-effective coal plants. It uses the power of wind pushing turbines to collect energy.

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National Academies Report Examines Hidden Cost of Energy Production and Use in US; Estimates $120B in 2005

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The committee that wrote the report focused on monetizing the damage of major air pollutants—sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, ozone, and particulate matter—on human health, grain crops and timber yields, buildings, and recreation. By 2030, nonclimate damages are estimated to fall to 0.11 cents per kwh. cents to 5 cents per kilowatt-hour.

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The Why, How, and Maybe Not of Geoengineering

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All of those biological processes are sort of self-propagating, and they take up carbon dioxide fairly quickly, but they’re highly uncertain in terms of how long they store it. So that was a long-winded answer to your question. So that’s one class. And again, scientists look to what they’ve observed before when arriving at these ideas.

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