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Membrane-Free Green Hydrogen To Chase The Fossil Fuel Blues Away
(cleantechnica.com)
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I seriously doubt hydrogen will be a viable long term fuel source outside of very specific applications.
Even with the best production methods, we still can't store it well long term. It causes embrittlement and corrosion to metals, and since the atoms are about as small as atoms get, it's very hard to contain in a pressure vessel without leaks or metal impregnation. Making it and using it aren't the big issue. Storage is.
Critics of hydrogen are just repeating BS from either the fossil fuel industry or the battery industry. It is just a repeat of anti-wind and anti-solar rhetoric back when they were just getting started.
I am a big proponent of solar and wind. Both need to be taken more seriously. Both are far better long term energy options than hydrogen no matter how you look at it. So no, this is not more BS from the fossil fuel industry, regardless your take.
@RedEyeFlightControl @Hypx
Wind needs to stop killing bats, stop establishing turbines near rivers, and stop destroying native habitat like endangered prairie for wind facilities before it’s green. All these are easily achievable and cheap, but the executives apparently don’t give a fuck.
Add geothermal to your list, both for heating and electricity.