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Letter: We need a proper substitute for fuel

Published 31 July 2024

From Valerie Grant, Stockport, Greater Manchester, UK

As I see it, to replace a lot of fossil fuel use requires a chemical that would react, for example with water, to produce hydrogen on demand. A driver could go to a fuel station with a spent pack of this chemical, buy a new one and fit it in place and drive off in the time it takes to fill up with petrol (20 July, p 36).

Issue no. 3502 published 3 August 2024

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