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Hydrogen-powered train tested on Britain's railway tracks as diesel alternative

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Re: Not as green as 25kv overhead

>Natural gas is hydrogen bonded to carbon

Obvious solution is to combine the hydrogen with carbon = green carbon capture tech

Then distribute the resulting methane safely by pipeline into tanks on the train = simple existing technology

Use solar, wind or reliable nuclear electricity sent over low-loss 25KV overhead lines to split the methane into carbon and hydrogen. the hydrogen can then be fed to the fuel cell.

A future Britain could then develop some technology to allow trains to be powered by the waste carbon byproduct

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