Sure the storage tanks aren’t completely tight, so you will have some amount of leakage. But that’s (afaiu) mostly a problem of the distribution network. The ta

Sure the storage tanks aren’t completely tight, so you will have some amount of leakage. But that’s (afaiu) mostly a problem of the distribution network. The tanks themselves are rather small and even if they leak 20% of their capacity.. who cares? You still get 200+TWh storage (because H2 is more energy dense than LNG) and you shouldn’t burn it either. Just use the reverse process to get electricity back. Yes _those_ plants aren’t there yet. They will have to be build. But that’s much less of a problem (10-20 locations) than upgrading all of the distribution network and all the heaters in every building! We will have to move away from gas-to-buildings though and that will require an upgrade in like 60% of the buildings. Industry is much less of a problem, because at the end of the day, their consumption is much less seasonally influenced (2x, rather than 10x) and only about 1/3 of total gas consumption anyways. So deal with the 2/3 block first. Then chase the rest