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It's possible to make zero carbon electrofuels. The question is a matter of excess cost and scalability. Right now the price of "clean hydrogen" is eight times the price of dirty hydrogen. [1]

That's a rather exorbitant difference. Maybe in the future, the difference will be more manageable and scalable. As it stands now, there's a lot of work to do.

Note, this is super important to solve because battery power doesn't work for heavy things, such as large aircraft, shipping vessels, etc.

[1] https://www.energy.gov/eere/fuelcells/hydrogen-shot-summit-b...



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