His conclusion is radical: Shift from oil to alternatives like fuel cells burning hydrogen.
X-43A will set off on its own, burning hydrogen as it streaks out across the Pacific.
Stars leave the main sequence when they stop burning hydrogen.
BMW. Press a button on the steering wheel and it seamlessly switches from burning petrol to hydrogen.
The combustion is slow and rich, using just enough oxygen to bust apart the diesel molecules into hydrogen and carbon monoxide without burning off the diesel entirely.
Engineers have built a contraption of water heater size that strips hydrogen out of natural gas while burning the carbon to provide heat for the home.
Hydrogen has a high energy density and is clean - burning to leave only water vapour.
After that it is expected to become a red giant, as the hydrogen that presently comprises it is exhausted and the sun switches to burning helium instead.
And in buses on the U.S.' West Coast, we're testing hydrogen fuel-cell engines, designed to replace today's oil-burning engines.
The idea was this: If after burning a quantity of heavy gasoline the airship became light, the skipper had only to switch to hydrogen, thus reducing lift.
Gasification of coal offers the potential to turn dirty burning hydrocarbons into cleaner burning liquid fuels, such as synthetic natural gas, jet fuel and gasoline, as well as hydrogen for fuel cell use, a developing field.
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Meanwhile, other completely different approaches involve burning coal in pure oxygen (oxyfuel), or turning it into a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen, which is then burned.
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