Yea, this is more of a discussion topic and not a well thought out or scientifically sound proposal.
I saw the update from the MD Senate this morning about the POWER Act and the fact that we might start hitting electricity issues with all of these options available was just frustrating. Maryland needs that sweet sweet clean energy!
But who cares what’s in the package. It would just look like a brown box with a shiny picture of lord of the rings or a Thursday night football promo on it no matter what’s inside!
The basic idea: some energy technologies seem to have “learning curves,” where manufacturers get better at producing the more they make and it drives prices down. Solar and wind seem to have nice learning curves, which has driven down prices; nuclear does not, and neither do fossil fuels.
Does green hydrogen? The answer appears to be yes, and that has the potential to “fill in the gaps” where we need a source of stable energy to cover for solar or wind when the sun is down and the breeze is light.
And green hydrogen is actually green. It involves using clean energy to electrolyze water to generate carbon-free hydrogen.
bearjew64 OP t1_jdvi6us wrote
Reply to comment by Matchanu in TIL that the red lights on top of tall buildings in cities are called “aviation obstruction lighting,” and are used to help pilots of low-flying aircraft avoid collisions with otherwise hard-to-see structures. by bearjew64
One of those things you see and don’t think about. I figured they were airplane related, but the technical system is pretty cool!