Are there any large investments being made to desalinate ocean water and turn the purified water into hydrogen fuel like NASA’s plan to do with lunar ice water? eli5

Question

Are there any large investments being made to desalinate ocean water and turn the purified water into hydrogen fuel like NASA’s plan to do with lunar ice water? eli5

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Hydrogen isn’t a source of energy, it’s just a storage medium. There’s not really any reason to do this since you just end up losing energy in the conversion process.