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There is an Oil Sector Lobby and there is an electric sector Lobby too. All Lobbies hate competition. The electric sector wants to destroy Hydrogen because it
by cracrecry 3y ago
There is an Oil Sector Lobby and there is an electric sector Lobby too. All Lobbies hate competition.
The electric sector wants to destroy Hydrogen because it competes with them, of course, they want to destroy the seed so no tree comes out of it. Hydrogen disappearing is not going to happen, because it going to be necessary for some things, like heavy transportation.
Just because clean Hydrogen is in the early stages in development(like EV were 15 years ago) does not mean that we should not develop the technology.
I personally believe that NH3 is great for storing energy and energy transportation, and extremely useful for things like growing food.
It is also toxic and difficult to handle, like oil, but in lots of sectors(like heavy industries) it makes lots of sense. In other sectors, electricity and batteries make more sense. Different technologies will coexist together and compete.
- rasz 3y agoWhat are you talking about? Mazda had hydrogen concept car in 1991, Toyota started selling hydrogen cars in 1996 before EV, Honda in 1999.
- meindnoch 3y ago>It is also toxic and difficult to handle, like oil Except oil is a liquid, while ammonia is a gas. You can put oil in an open container and it won't hurt anyone. Now try doing the same with ammonia...
- cracrecry 3y agoOil burns and CH3 explodes easily, but we use it anyway because it makes economic sense. The same will happen with ammonia. There are risks, but the energy that you could store is immense at a very low price. Don't get me wrong, I was working in batteries and solar panels research in the early days. I heard the same arguments against it( why we should spend money when batteries and solar panels are so expensive and work so badly? They were expensive and worked badly) Now we work on fuel cells. They are expensive and there is room for improvement.
- dexwiz 3y agoAmmonia is more comparable to natural gas or propane than oil. Also crude oil is really toxic. It off gasses all sorts of questionable things, and touching it isn't recommended. I get what you mean by your comment, but oil isn't some super stable, safe material.
- downrightmike 3y agoMost of the hydrogen made today is made from fossil fuels, so they of course love that idea.
- justapassenger 3y agoSo is most of electricity. None of that matters for the future.
- downrightmike 3y agoIt actually matters more, because the fossil industry is just gaslighting
- adgjlsfhk1 3y agoThis is technically true, but only barely. In the US in 2022, renewables were 21.5% and Nuclear was 18.2% of total generated power (yes nuclear should be counted among renewables, oh well). That means nearly half of power generated is green compared to ~1% of hydrogen.
- jackmott 3y ago[dead]