just_another_person@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoScientists built a solar reactor that eats plastic bottles and burps out clean hydrogen . . .at scale.www.anthropocenemagazine.orgexternal-linkmessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up1242arrow-down15
arrow-up1237arrow-down1external-linkScientists built a solar reactor that eats plastic bottles and burps out clean hydrogen . . .at scale.www.anthropocenemagazine.orgjust_another_person@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square14linkfedilink
minus-squarezaphod@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down6·1 month agoThe hydrogen comes from plastic so it’s arguably not “clean” as it still comes from fossil fuels.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoBad news: over 90% of plastic with those recycle tags end up exported and burned to make electricity.
minus-squareCADmonkey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoBetter than letting the plastic pile up.
minus-squarestoly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoAgreed but at least if this is scalable, it is a solution to one problem.
The hydrogen comes from plastic so it’s arguably not “clean” as it still comes from fossil fuels.
Bad news: over 90% of plastic with those recycle tags end up exported and burned to make electricity.
Better than letting the plastic pile up.
Agreed but at least if this is scalable, it is a solution to one problem.