How water could be the future of fuel | A new generation of fuels could power planes and ships without warming the planet.

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1. CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex. — The tangle of pipes at this industrial plant doesn’t stand out in this city built around the carbon-heavy business of pumping oil and refining it into fuel for planes, ships, trucks and cars.

   But this plant produces fuel from a different source, one that doesn’t belch greenhouse pollution: hydrogen. Specifically, hydrogen made from water using renewable electricity, also known as green hydrogen.

   This process could represent the biggest change in how fuel for planes, ships, trains and trucks is made since the first internal combustion engine fired up in the 19th century. In his 1874 science fiction novel “The Mysterious Island,” Jules Verne predicted that “[water will be the coal of the future](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6272904/?itid=lk_inline_enhanced-template).” This plant, one of the first in the world to transform water into fuel, shows what that looks like on the ground today.

   Turning hydrogen into liquid fuel could help slash planet-warming pollution from heavy vehicles, cutting a key source of emissions that contribute to climate change. But to fulfill that promise, companies will have to build massive numbers of wind turbines and solar panels to power the energy-hungry process. Regulators will have to make sure hydrogen production doesn’t siphon green energy that could go towards cleaning up other sources of global warming gases, such as homes or factories.

   Read more here: [https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/interactive/2024/green-hydrogen-water-clean-fuel-process/?itid=hp_only-from-the-post_p003_f001?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=reddit.com](https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/interactive/2024/green-hydrogen-water-clean-fuel-process/?itid=hp_only-from-the-post_p003_f001?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=reddit.com)

2. Hydrogen to diesel, said diesel does not pollute?