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> The key to a hydrogen economy will rely on wasting energy on creation of hydrogen in locations with extremely abundant electricity. Honestly, this sounds jus
by danogentili 5y ago
> The key to a hydrogen economy will rely on wasting energy on creation of hydrogen in locations with extremely abundant electricity.
Honestly, this sounds just as bad as setting up bitcoin mines in places with high rates of renewables, to avoid directly throwing tons of CO2 in the atmosphere.
Even if you have loads of clean energy, that's no reason to waste it when there are more efficient ways of using it (lithium batteries, PoS).
Not to mention the fact that every watt of wasted green energy can't used to replace a watt of coal energy.
- JPKab 5y agoI don't think there's a scarcity issue with electricity in places like Iceland where volcanic activity provides massive areas of land where electricity can be freely and easily generated. The issue is the ability to transport said electricity without massive losses.
- mminer237 5y agoI don't think you can feasibly ship all your electric batteries to be charged up in Iceland.
- kwhitefoot 5y ago> don't think you can feasibly ship all your electric batteries to be charged up in Iceland. No need if the Icelink DC link gets built. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelink https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelink