Primary and Secondary Methods of Producing Energy
We have to distinguish between Primary and Secondary methods of producing energy. Making hydrogen from water by electrolysis will use more energy than is available in the hydrogen, because processing always has nonzero wastage. When the hydrogen is produced there are all the emissions for generating electricity from fossil fuels for electrolysis, but when the hydrogen is used in automobiles as fuel the automobiles will emit harmless water vapour. If power is made from fossil fuels, then the hydrogen automobile fuel, as a whole, causes even more emissions than directly burning fossil fuels in automobiles.
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