Recently there was some discussion here of possibilities for a hydrogen economy.
There was an article in the 23 Dec. _US News & World Report_ (p.54) about an aspect of
this that I don't think were part of the discussion here - or at least that I recall.
This is the negative environmental effects of leakage of hydrogen from pipelines &c.
They include colling fo the stratosphere, worsening of ozone holes, increased global
warming due to elimination of chemicals that break down methane, & possible effects on
soil organisms. These concerns are attributed to Yuk Yung, a planetary atmosphere at
Cal Tech, & others.
Any comments?
Shalom,
George
-- George L. Murphy gmurphy@raex.com http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/Received on Mon Dec 29 11:32:14 2003
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