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I'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 talki
by MichaelCollins 4y ago
I'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.