Hydrogen Fuels

Research for the questions on hydrogen fuel cells – C3

1. Info on what’s wrong with current fuel situation – fossil fuels, supplies ect.

2. How does using hydrogen overcome the problems

3. How we get hydrogen – cracking, electrolysis(electricity)

4. How we use hydrogen e.g. fuel cells

A3 poster summarising

Speech/essay explaining the poster (1000 words)

What’s wrong with fossil fuels

The main problem with fossil fuels is that there is a limited amount of them. At some point we are going to run out. Now this isn’t going to happen anytime soon despite what some fear mongers would like people to believe but at some point we will run out of fossil fuels. Unless we have a plan in place to address this issue we are going to have real problems. Although we are a long way from running out of fossil fuels it is important that we start planning for alternatives. It will likely take a long time to get the alternative energy sources to the point that they are actually a viable alternative. Making sure that we are prepared for when we run out of fossil fuels is vitally important for the good of the economy.

The other problem with fossil fuels is the increasing demand for them. As countries with large populations like China and India become more and more developed they are going to use an increasing amount of fossil fuels. The stated goal of the Chinese government is to get to a level of development where every Chinese family owns a car. If this were to actually happen it would require more than the world’s total oil production to fuel them. The increasing competition for what is a limited resource is going to send the price soaring. People are already upset by the high fuel prices, in reality they are likely to go much higher in the future. When this happens it is going to do real damage to the economies of developed nations that rely on fossil fuels imported from overseas.

Using Hydrogen

Using hydrogen is...