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NNadir

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2. Australia will make hydrogen from their richest source of primary energy other than uranium and thorium, coal.
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 11:23 AM
Dec 2024

Anyone encouraging hydrogen in Australia clearly doesn't give a flying fuck about the collapse of the planetary atmosphere.

Of course, since hydrogen destroys exergy when it's made, this is true of people hyping hydrogen anywhere on the planet.

It's a filthy fuel:



The caption:

Figure 1. Global current sources of H2 production (a), and H2 consumption sectors (b).


Progress on Catalyst Development for the Steam Reforming of Biomass and Waste Plastics Pyrolysis Volatiles: A Review Laura Santamaria, Gartzen Lopez, Enara Fernandez, Maria Cortazar, Aitor Arregi, Martin Olazar, and Javier Bilbao, Energy & Fuels 2021 35 (21), 17051-17084]

It should disgust any decent human being.

A Giant Climate Lie: When they're selling hydrogen, what they're really selling is fossil fuels.

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