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Hydrogen fuel - Farming without fossils?

As cars and vans are rapidly changing to all-electric drives, agriculture’s power and energy storage requirements have left it largely addicted to diesel. The explosive element hydrogen could offer a power-equivalent alternative with zero emissions. Toby Whatley and Emma Penny report.

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Hydrogen fuel - Farming without fossils?

Like all users of fossil fuels to power engines, agriculture has a part to play in finding and utilising alternative fuels which reduce or eliminate exhaust emissions. On-road vehicles such as cars and...

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