Sources
of Hydrogen
Hydrogen is now made from natural gas (methane), petroleum, coal,
various chemical reactions, and from biomass (landfill waste,
wastewater sludge, and livestock waste). It can also be made from
water by electrolysis.
Hydrogen can be made from renewable resources, such as wind
or solar.
Hydrogen is
currently made primarily from natural gas (methane), which is
non-renewable.
Methane is
a recycled fuel (and therefore renewable) when made by anaerobic
digestion of biomass.
Hydrogen production
from hydrocarbons can also produce carbon, which in some forms
has ten times the strength of steel. With some research this carbon
could be used for automobile bodies and structural members.
