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when hydrogen is burned (oxidized) it releases a YUGE amount of energy...relatively speaking.
it's called an EXO thermic chemical reaction.
it takes that same amount of energy to break the bond thus created.

takes that same amount of energy to break the bond thus created.

ah -is that where the pesky little equation of free energy keeps falling down?
(this is me trying to sound clever about something I know bugger all about, really)

the rest is still something something darkside....

in physics..NOTHING is free...someone (or something) always pays.
that pesky law of thermodynamics.

Ah! AH! I was correct in my hypothesis........mmmm....
Maybe I should write a paper.

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