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NNadir

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4. In China, as is the case everywhere else, hydrogen is a dirty fuel...

Reply to Caribbeans (Original post)

Wed Dec 11, 2024, 11:43 AM

Dec 11

...produced from fossil fuels, and the fact that someone is making a big splash about a 25 MW electrolyzer points precisely how trivial hydrogen is.

There are lots of papers in the primary scientific literature showing as much.

Hydrogen has a unique ability to be sure, which is to greenwash fossil fuels, which accounts for its only success, slick advertising that makes things worse not better.

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How China's 'Hydrogen Into Ten Thousand Homes' Initiative Is Taking Off [View all] Caribbeans Dec 11 OP

Itʻs blowing up? mahina Dec 11 #1

"split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen using electricity" Did I miss where the electricity is produced? mitch96 Dec 11 #2

China seems to be looking toward its place in the world in 10 or 20 years 70sEraVet Dec 11 #3

In China, as is the case everywhere else, hydrogen is a dirty fuel... NNadir Dec 11 #4