Hydrogen Goldmine? According to Scientists, This Billion-Year-Old Rift Could Provide Us a Near-Endless Supply of H2 [View all]

Hydrogen Goldmine? According to Scientists, This Billion-Year-Old Rift Could Provide Us a Near-Endless Supply of Natural Hydrogen

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN | SciTechdaily.com | NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Researchers in Nebraska are exploring the Midcontinent Rift’s potential to produce renewable, carbon-free hydrogen, possibly meeting energy needs for centuries.
Around 1.1 billion years ago, the North American continent almost split in two, leaving a 1,200-mile stretch of volcanic rock called the Midcontinent Rift. This geological feature holds the potential to produce substantial amounts of natural hydrogen, which could provide a vast supply of clean energy.

University of Nebraska–Lincoln researchers are studying the rift — which runs from beneath Lake Superior through parts of Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas — to determine how best to access that hydrogen.

Hydrogen is potentially a key player in the effort to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. It produces no carbon emissions and, unlike oil and gas that can take millions of years to generate from organic deposits, it is constantly renewing underground when water interacts with the volcanic rock...more
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Hyun-Seob Song (left), associate professor of biological systems engineering and food science and technology; Karrie Weber (center), professor of Earth and atmospheric sciences and biological sciences; and Seunghee Kim, associate professor of civil engineering, are studying hydrogen found in the Midcontinent Rift as a potential energy source. Credit: Nick Kumpula | Research and Innovation

Some would have you believe these are a bunch of misguided kooks and misfits.

It would be funny if it wasn't so GD sad.