"I believe that water will one day be employed as fuel,
that hydrogen and oxygen which constitute it, used singly or
together, will furnish an inexhaustible source of heat and light,
of an intensity of which coal is not capable. ...Water will be the
coal of the future."
-Jules Verne, The Mysterious
Island (The Abandoned), 1874
Although reliance on coal has been declining, even in 2021, coal
still supplied over 10% of the United States' energy
consumption, according to the EIA. But, in a matter of
approximately 15 years, many hope that Verne's vision may be
realized to have hydrogen emerge as a plentiful, flexible, and
inexpensive source for many of our energy and transportation needs,
while significantly reducing the carbon impact on the world around
us. In a relatively short period of time (by 2050), the
Biden-Harris administration hopes to achieve a zero net carbon
impact for the United States economy. In part to further that goal,
on November 15, 2021,
