Hydrogen for ground transportation and heating is a bad idea

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 05:53:02 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2021/11/hydrogen-for-ground-transportation-and-heating-is-a-bad-idea.html>

"Am­bi­tions to make hy­dro­gen a key en­ergy car­rier for a cli­mate friendly
fu­ture are mis­guided, says An­thony Patt. Wherever pos­sible, in­clud­ing
ground trans­port­a­tion and heat­ing, we should re­place fossil fuels with the
dir­ect use of re­new­able elec­tri­city.

To save the cli­mate, the world needs to stop us­ing fossil fuels by
mid-​century. We are fi­nally headed in the right dir­ec­tion. Nearly all new
power-​sector in­vest­ment is go­ing into re­new­able en­ergy sources. Bat­tery
elec­tric vehicles (BEVs) are be­com­ing pop­u­lar. Most new build­ings are
be­ing built with non-​fossil heat­ing sys­tems. The pace of change needs to
ac­cel­er­ate, and stronger cli­mate policies are re­quired. Yet one of the
most ser­i­ous threats to all of this is mas­quer­ad­ing as clean en­ergy’s
friend: hy­dro­gen."

Via Muse.

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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