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And? Are you aware of some hydrogen storage technology that is becoming exponentially better year over year? Why are you anchoring to Hydrogen specifically, i

And? Are you aware of some hydrogen storage technology that is becoming exponentially better year over year? Why are you anchoring to Hydrogen specifically, instead of a broader category of fuels where that argument would make more sense? The problem for Hydrogen as a transportation fuel is that there are many superior alternatives. I’m not knocking hydrogen in general. In fact: I appreciate what you have done for humanity, Hydrogen. I think the sun is great. I appreciate that you upgrade Canadian crude into premium transportation fuels for the US market. I’m sure you also do a lot of other great things for me that I don’t even care about.. but you suck as a transportation fuel, and the sooner you quit pretending to be something you are not, the sooner you can really get out there and be the Hydrogen we always knew you could be. I’ve got your back, Hydrogen.

defrost 2y ago
Serious Green Hydrogen production projects (as in the ones that already have pilot plants and have several billion in capital investments lined up for expansion) aren't about Hydrogen as a transportation fuel or even transporting Hydrogen. They're a mixture of direct on site storage of hydrogen to use as overnight energy when the solar farms no longer work, and largely about ammonia for transport and methanol as a sulfur free marine fuel. Ammonia can be shipped overseas form Australian solar farms using methanol as shipping fuel to supply ammonia as fertilizer and ammonia as a power station input to generate electricity. Dicking about with slippery hydrogen in tens of thousands, hell, millions of small personal transportation pods is a waste of resources and a safety hazard, it's too many individual things to keep maintained to the high degree required to prevent leaks, etc.

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And? Are you aware of some hydrogen storage technology that is becoming exponentially better year over year? Why are you anchoring to Hydrogen specifically, i

by 7thpower 2y ago

defrost 2y ago
Serious Green Hydrogen production projects (as in the ones that already have pilot plants and have several billion in capital investments lined up for expansion) aren't about Hydrogen as a transportation fuel or even transporting Hydrogen. They're a mixture of direct on site storage of hydrogen to use as overnight energy when the solar farms no longer work, and largely about ammonia for transport and methanol as a sulfur free marine fuel. Ammonia can be shipped overseas form Australian solar farms using methanol as shipping fuel to supply ammonia as fertilizer and ammonia as a power station input to generate electricity. Dicking about with slippery hydrogen in tens of thousands, hell, millions of small personal transportation pods is a waste of resources and a safety hazard, it's too many individual things to keep maintained to the high degree required to prevent leaks, etc.