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Calling H2 clean energy is dumb. We currently use millions of tonnes of H2 every year, almost all of that being significantly more carbon intensive. Until that
by _aavaa_ 10mo ago
Calling H2 clean energy is dumb. We currently use millions of tonnes of H2 every year, almost all of that being significantly more carbon intensive. Until that stuff has been replaced, using new H2 for “energy” is wasteful, stupid, or predatory delay.
- tuetuopay 10mo agoThat.. is the whole point of the reactor? It produces clean H2 to make it worthwhile as a clean fuel. Currently H2 is clean only at the usage stage, not at the production stage. Just like electricity for EVs in Germany :)
- actionfromafar 10mo agoAt least electricity is easier to transfer and use than H2 which is brittle pain all the way. Methane is more useful as a fuel.
- _aavaa_ 10mo agoWasting it as a “clean” fuel is not clean though. There are emissions at: 1) production, 2) usage, and 3) the averted emissions due to this being used. As a fuel, the alternatives are electricity for land and biofuels for land and sea. But as a chemical feedstock the alternator is dirtier hydrogen. So wasting this as a fuel means that you aren’t replacing dirty hydrogen with it, but rather cleaner electricity.