Fossil fuels are often reviled because they produce planet-warming carbon dioxide. However, replacing them with hydrogen gas–considered to be a clean-burning source of energy–may generate a different set of environmental problems, including large and long-lasting ozone holes, according to a new analysis.
The potential problems with hydrogen don’t stem from the oxidation of the gas itself, which produces only water vapor.
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