Other
Uses of Hydrogen
Hydrogen is
used extensively today to make ammonia, methanol, gasoline, heating
oil, and rocket fuel. It is also used to make fertilizers, glass,
refined metals, vitamins, cosmetics, semiconductor circuits, soaps,
lubricants, cleaners, and even margarine and peanut butter.
Hydrogen can fuel today’s internal combustion engine vehicles.
Hydrogen can
fuel tomorrow’s fuel-cell vehicles.
Hydrogen can
replace today’s natural gas for heating and cooling homes and
powering hot water heaters.
Existing wind
and hydroelectric plants can produce hydrogen to store energy
during off-peak hours.
Hydrogen production
from hydrocarbons can also produce carbon, which, made into
carbon fiber, has ten times the strength of steel. With more research, this
carbon could be used for automobile bodies and structural members.
