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Yeah, better go read some US propaganda against their peer competitor for some real facts about China. ๐
Who said anything about America? Fuck America. You know, most countries don't brainwash their citizens with China-level nationalism.
I can't think of a single country in the West that doesn't.
I'd say "they" might try? But no western country's government has an iron grip on what news is reported/propagated in their respective countries like China does.
Yeah, sure, it's not like capital accumulation in your bourgeois dictatorship has lead to consolidation and oligopolies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXfRDC2NKY0
I'm well aware, but, hey, we don't get thrown in prison for questioning our leaders or the reported stories.
Are you sure?
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-60852832
You can think, period. You only know what you're shown, and you're shown a bunch of bullshit.
Apologies, didn't check before and thought you were the OP.
From your own article ๐
It can both currently produce only 0.1% of hydrogen using a green process, while also developing a new process that is 99.9% green (for the hydrogren that it produces using the new process). That means the overall production right now is probably still ~0.1% green, but the point of the article seems to be that they hope to transition to this new process, which sounds pretty cool.
And to also knock out a few other misunderstandings, I'll also address your comment below: The stats you link are for the number of plants, not the volume of production or consumption (what is claimed). Both stats can be correct if China has large plants that produce more volume than in other countries. But better yet, we don't even have to root around for the details - the article cites it's source: the World Economic Forum's latest whitepaper (June 27, 2023), which in turn cites statistica "Global Hydrogen Consumption By Country". So there you have it - China out-consumes hydrogen at a rate of about 2-times that of the next largest consumer (the United States). That seems to track pretty well, since both countries are similarly developed, and China is about 4x the size of the US by population. If you wanted to split hairs, you could say that this doesn't include volume of production. Given the incredible lead in consumption volume, I'm willing to grant them that omission.
And, not chalking this up to you, but I've seen other replies in here about how China is somehow cooking the books. That's becoming more and more obviously wrong (and more than a bit racist). As one indicator, their universities occupy 8 of the top 20 institutions in the Nature index. For those unaware, this is a premier British-based peer-reviewed journal that releases a ranking of academic institutions based on their publishing to high-impact journals. China's year-over-year change also means that they're rising on that list rapidly.
And that's still higher than the rest of the world. ๐
Once again, facts elude you
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311948/number-of-green-hydrogen-plants-by-country/
what year is it?
That's as of 2022, why do you have newer data?
You appear to be living in the 1950's
Or there is a middle ground where you'll actually get a nuanced take?
I'm mostly curious about what they're going to do with the hydrogen. Fuel cells? No hydrogen tech I know off has really proven scalable, reliable and cost effective. And while hydrogen generation was part of the issue it wasn't the biggest one. I'm also keen to understand if they use fresh water or salt water. The latter then there is potential for a energy neutral or positive even desalination process which would be massive for large swaths of Africa.
Well from reading the article like a big boy I've learned that it's pure freshwater they use which is expected but lame.
As for what they're going to use it for that remains mostly a mystery. The world total for hydrogen fuel cell cars is 67,000 which is virtually nil and China aims for 50,000 of their own by 2025 which is also virtually nil. For reference they had estimated around 300 million cars 2021 and that number is on a rapid growth. 50,000 is less than 0,02%...
Further a hydrogen pipeline is not something I'd like to live near, I get it must exist for hydrogen tech to work but china + hydrogen pipeline is just a headline waiting to be written.
Personally I think they're betting on the wrong horse
They've been using it for stuff like buses increasingly https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1132385/beijing-2022-hydrogen-buses
Another good use is in combination with wind and solar where you can produce hydrogen when there's energy available, and then use it to provide a steady energy supply. This addresses one of the main issues with renewables.
They don't have many buses like that yet and buses are always near population centers where using food waste to make biogas is simply much better in almost every way.
As for storing excess energy sure if we're talking solar generation but they use a lot of hydrogen too for this project and in that case pumping water up to the dam is a much easier and probably more efficient than generating hydrogen and either using it to run an engine or store in fuel cells. Fuel cells aren't all that efficient. Overall a lot of money spent that will not at all pay for itself for that use case.
I really struggle with why they've gone so heavily into generating hydrogen when there is a big lack of viable use cases. Though they're far from alone in overestimating hydrogen, BMW and Toyota both invested heavily in fuel cell research (and BMW experimented with direct hydrogen use) and neither came out the other end a winner.
China is pursuing lots of different energy alternatives to fossil fuels. That's the correct approach in my opinion. We don't know what particular approach or combination of thereof will be most efficient in the long term, the only way to find out is to try different things and see where you get. Thinking of it purely in terms of profits is a bit myopic.
The irony of your myopia, lol
It's also just a good idea to try out a lot of things and see what sticks. We never know what might turn out to have an unexpected application in one niche. Global warming requires "all of the above" strategy. That will mean some efforts fail to produce results, but that's okay. We don't have the time to dawdle.
Hey real question: Do you work at state media? I used to work at China Daily. Maybe we've crossed paths
No, I don't work at state media, and it's pretty weird to assume that anybody who sees China favorably must work at Chinese state media to be honest.
My friend had a job doing what you do
Wow, you should really hook me up with that job. Didn't know people got paid to post on Lemmy, seems like I'm missing out.
I know you're being sarcastic, but I'm not. My friend posted on Twitter and Reddit, among other sites. Go to the CD website and apply. You can also apply at CGTN. Why do Xi's PR work for free?
Not everyone who works there is a true believer but a few are and they get to advance over time.
I love how you're just doing a low key smear on me here, and you probably think you're being really clever in the process. It's kind of adorable really.
I am not trying to smear you... I assumed you were getting paid because you post quite often and your English reads native level. Who has that kind of time to defend a government trey don't live under?
I'm also not joking. I really recommend you look at state media jobs. You get a visa to live in Beijing, free housing, top-line private health insurance (because even CPC knows Chinese public healthcare is terrible), and a regular paycheck. It's a great deal. I lived in the CD employee housing and was quite satisfied with it. Beijing is a fun place to live, and the expat scene is among the best I've encountered.
I left for Shanghai and that's a whole other crazy story.
If you earnestly support the CPC, why not consider moving there? There's a lot to like
I am not trying to smear you... I assumed you were getting paid because you post quite often and your English reads native level. Who has that kind of time to defend a government trey don't live under?
I'm also not joking. I really recommend you look at state media jobs. You get a visa to live in Beijing, free housing, top-line private health insurance (because even CPC knows Chinese public healthcare is terrible), and a regular paycheck. It's a great deal. I lived in the CD employee housing and was quite satisfied with it. Beijing is a fun place to live, and the expat scene is among the best I've encountered.
I left for Shanghai and that's a whole other crazy story.
If you earnestly support the CPC, why not consider moving there? There's a lot to like
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