Study Says Blending More Than 5% Hydrogen with NatGas Won’t Work

Some on the left (not all) get starry-eyed about the potential future of using hydrogen as the world's key energy source. They believe hydrogen can and should replace both oil and natural gas. Hydrogen as a fuel source got off on a bad foot with the Hindenberg disaster, but it's been making steady progress since the 1930s. When hydrogen burns in the air, water is the only byproduct it makes. Environmentalists love that! However, plans to mix hydrogen with natural gas and flow it through existing pipelines and burn it in existing furnaces and home appliances just got some bad news from a University of California study.

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