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Does Hydrogen Create Water, Or Does Water Create Hydrogen?

Hydrogen is the first element on the period table. It's light, small, and the most abundant element in the universe. Its ionized form, H+, is synonymous with a proton.

It comes in many forms, and can be described many ways, but it was named originally for its contribution to the water molecule, H2O. Hydrogen translates, from its Greek roots, to "Water forming."

When hydrogen burns by interacting with oxygen in the air, it becomes water. This makes it an ideal fuel, because it releases energy without contributing to carbon emissions.

 

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Here's our two cents on checking tire depth

There's some old wisdom on how to tell when you need new tires. Take a penny, and insert it into your tire tread with Lincoln's head facing down. If you can still see his hair above the tire tread, then you need new tires.

This method works because every penny is standard, and the top of Honest Abe's head is 2/32 inch from the top of the coin.

But watch what happens when a car with 2/32 inch tread tries to stop, compared to a car with 10/32 inch tread.

If you were going…

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