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why would I care about hydrogen when I have a perfectly good electrical system ready in hand. hydrogen's main selling point is energy density, which makes is go
by DesiLurker 4y ago
why would I care about hydrogen when I have a perfectly good electrical system ready in hand. hydrogen's main selling point is energy density, which makes is good on paper for 'mobile' applications. if you forgo that than there are plenty of good energy carries like NG/gasoline or electricity which round-trip much better in efficiency terms.
I am not sure if there is a sudden step up in industrial uses of H. on face value this looks more like groundwork for some upcoming fossil greenwashing subsidy that uses hydrogen to justify public funds.
- MichaelCollins 4y agoI'm not sure you understood this: "The main interest now is not for ‘dispatchable energy’ but for industrial uses of hydrogen, metallurgy, etc." He's not talking about hydrogen as a store of energy. He's talking about hydrogen to be used in industrial processes that require hydrogen input. Energy density has nothing to do with it, and the superiority of NG/gas/electic for carrying energy isn't relevant. > I am not sure if there is a sudden step up in industrial uses of H Step up? There is existing demand for hydrogen which this would, presumably, be more efficient at meeting. If they're not meeting that demand for hydrogen by cracking water apart, they'll do it by cracking natural gas apart instead.