Navynuke00 t1_j8kiffz wrote on February 14, 2023 at 11:42 PM

Reply to comment by RupaulHollywood in Scientists Successfully Split Seawater To Produce Green Hydrogen by __The__Anomaly__

Translation: the large utilities and oil companies see pushing a Hydrogen narrative as a great way to delay having to actually cut back on their natural gas infrastructure.

In all honesty, it's a red herring.

EDIT: bring on the downvotes. I work in this arena and this is something that's been discussed at length in more than a few places.

BentasticMrBen t1_j8n9fv0 wrote on February 15, 2023 at 3:47 PM

I’m on board with what you’re saying, but will this still be a problem after a few years of successful clean hydrogen? As in aren’t they all just waiting to be proven wrong until they’re forced to change?

Navynuke00 t1_j8nhx13 wrote on February 15, 2023 at 4:43 PM

>but will this still be a problem after a few years of successful clean hydrogen?

We're still many years away from even being able to see the levels of hydrogen deployment that the large investor-owned utilities and fossil-fuel companies and industries are bragging about and hedging their carbon reduction goals on. And they're counting on that fact to be able to continue to kick the can down the road with existing fossil-fuel infrastructure, because it means they can keep their existing systems in place and make their stockholders more money by avoiding having to spend anything on capital improvement projects.

BentasticMrBen t1_j8nl7sa wrote on February 15, 2023 at 5:05 PM

The final squeeze of old energy has been and will always inevitably be messy and greedy. But it’s advancements like this that’ll try to make these squeezes final. What I’m saying is the car industry didn’t believe in clean energy, until technology and consumers demanded them to be. And now that technology is almost here for clean hydrogen, the next thing to do is convince the consumers of its benefits, and (hopefully) the industry will be forced to listen.

Clarification: I truly believe Reaganomics is on its way out, and the consumers will have a stronger sway on industry, rather than just CEO’s.

-Avacyn t1_j90pqxf wrote on February 18, 2023 at 9:45 AM

As someone who is also working in this area, I am more hopeful. My company is setting up both the infrastructure for industrial CCS ánd hydrogen transport to connect off shore wind energy parks to on shore industrial clusters. First steps for realisations of both is planned for 2030, with quick expansion in the years after. Combining CCS with green hydrogen is very promising once the infrastructure is in place.