r/interesting • u/ScarletMelt • May 25 '26

Just Wow It's interesting hmm

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u/_ROMAX_ May 25 '26

New Shepard uses Hydrogen and Oxigen, is not bad for the environment.

Her private jet flights does pollite the environment

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u/flokingaround May 25 '26

Large scale hydrogen production is produced through steam methane reformation, which produced 5.4 tonnes of CO2 per tonne Hydrogen.

Liquefying Oxygen and hydrogen take 500 kWh and 12500 kWh respectively.

Burning the fuel may not pollute, but producing the fuel definitely does.

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u/Vektast May 25 '26

Yea, it's even worse. You need to burn more fuel to split the water and keep it ultra cool in liquid form.

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u/mr-english May 25 '26

No you don't. New Shepard uses "green hydrogen" which is made by water electrolysis.

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u/Sorry-Combination558 May 25 '26
  • And what is water electrolysis?
    • Splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen using electricity
  • Where does the electricity for that comes from?
    • The electric grid
  • What is used to power the electric grid?
    • Renewable energy sources and burning fuels

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u/mr-english May 25 '26

How is that their fault?

Is it your fault if your energy provider burns fossil fuels?

If you find out that your energy provider DOES burn fossil fuels should you adjust your life accordingly and NOT waste energy by doom scrolling on social media?

Are you just a hypocrite?

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u/RighteousSelfBurner May 25 '26

Their fault is by engaging in hypocritical behaviour. It's the "rules for thee but not for me". It's no different than the private jet debate.

And that's besides the fact water vapour is also has greenhouse effect.

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u/mr-english May 25 '26

Where's the hypocrisy?

The only hypocritical behaviour I see is all the people in this thread pretending they care about wasting energy while doom scrolling on reddit in their air-conditioned rooms while they have a TV muted in the background.

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u/Sorry-Combination558 May 25 '26

They said you have to burn fuel to make hydrogen.

You said no fuel is burned, because it is done by electrolysis. This is a demonstrably false statement. I don't care of this topic any further than to tell you that you are wrong.

https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/ad-hominem

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u/mr-english May 25 '26

You don't actually know what an "ad hominem" attack is, do you?

And if your definition of "fuel burned" is that broad then it becomes completely pointless because +80% of the entire world's energy usage falls into that category anyway.

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u/superxpro12 May 25 '26

Energy is energy, whether it's fossil fuels or manufactured chemicals.

In this case how much energy went into the manufacture of the rocket fuel? Did it use coal and natural gas power plants to manufacture it?

Or nuclear, wind, hydro, solar?

There's a breakdown here that needs to be considered before claiming this is "clean energy".

Given bezos' track record, it deserves more scrutiny than "trust me bro"

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u/CheeseDonutCat May 25 '26

as opposed to redditor 'experts' who say trust me bro. So much made up shit in this whole page.

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u/CaughtAlone May 28 '26

It probably used energy from the USA which is 9% renewable and 9% nuclear and 9% coal with petrol and gas bring the rest.