New way to split seawater and make hydrogen fuel.

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      A new method for splitting seawater and producing hydrogen fuel has been developed by California-based startup Equatic, with support from the US Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). Unlike traditional electrolysis, which requires pure water, this process uses electrodes to split seawater into four streams: oxygen, hydrogen, and harmless acidic and alkaline streams. The alkaline stream reacts with carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to form stable minerals that can be returned to the sea, while the acidic stream can be returned to the ocean after being restored to a higher pH. Equatic will begin producing the electrodes at a factory in California capable of making 4000 of them per year. [Extracted from the article]