The Astounding Pop Mech Show: A Disgusting Breakthrough in the Quest for Green Hydrogen
created: Dec. 26, 2025, 5:38 p.m. | updated: Jan. 6, 2026, 1:22 p.m.
What if the key to solving the world’s energy crisis wasn’t buried deep underground, but was swirling in your toilet all along?
That’s the dirty little secret behind Pop Mech’s new story, “ Hydrogen Could Be the Secret to Unlimited Energy—And Scientists Just Found a New Way to Unlock It.
” Researchers at Princeton have made a huge leap in the hunt for green hydrogen by figuring out how to extract it efficiently from treated wastewater.
Related Story Hydrogen Could Be the Secret to Unlimited EnergyWatch Pop Mech editors Jamie Sorcher and Andrew Daniels explore how this breakthrough could change everything we thought we knew about clean energy.
Jamie and Andrew also break down the long history of hydrogen research, how sulfuric acid fits into the story, and why using wastewater might be one of the most sustainable solutions to multiple crises.
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