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Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
The next beer you crack open at the Enterprise Center may have an incredibly minimal carbon footprint, St. Louis Blues fans. Anheuser-Busch said on Thursday it completed the very first beer delivery using zero-emissions delivery vehicles.
Specifically, it hauled the shipment of beer in a Nikola hydrogen-electric semi, before its partner brought the adult beverage to its final destination in a BYD electric truck. Anheuser-Busch placed an order for 800 of the hydrogen-electric Nikola semi trucks last year as the beer brewer looks to turn its entire long-haul vehicle fleet into a zero-emissions one. By 2025, the company has committed to shaving 25% of its carbon emissions.
The beer brewer will run a fleet of Nikola Two hydrogen-electric trucks. These models do not solely run on hydrogen, but incorporate both a hydrogen fuel cell and battery-electric powertrain. On hydrogen, the Two should go up to 750 miles. With electricity from the battery, Nikola expects up to 350 miles of range. The BYD electric trucks, like the one used in this first shipment, are meant to complement the semis.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 24 2019, @08:59AM (5 children)
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_production [wikipedia.org]
Now, if they pay extra to sequester the CO2 somewhere, that might be news.
(Score: 2) by Coward, Anonymous on Sunday November 24 2019, @10:43AM (2 children)
Isn't that dangerous? The CO2 can come back out of the ground and suffocate people. If people are worried about nuclear waste, which is a solid, why are they so gung-ho about putting underground lethal concentrations of gas that wants to come out?
(Score: 1) by nitehawk214 on Sunday November 24 2019, @06:47PM
This is already being done:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_capture_and_storage [wikipedia.org]
"Don't you ever miss the days when you used to be nostalgic?" -Loiosh
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Monday November 25 2019, @11:29AM
No, they compress it and use it to carbonate fizzy drinks or freeze it to use in high school chemistry demonstrations.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Sunday November 24 2019, @01:48PM
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- Never plug-in – Turbine charges batteries automatically while driving
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(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 24 2019, @02:32PM
While mostly agreeing with your point, it should be noted (in all fairness) that if the hydrogen were produced by cracking H2O with solar or wind (or even nuclear) derived power that these vehicles would indeed approach a zero-emissions condition.
If left to the invisible hand of the market, though, I don't expect that to become a commercial reality anytime soon.
I will leave it to others to analyze the consequences to the total entropy of the universe of delivering a keg of beer with water-cracked hydrogen.