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OKIsItJustMe

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15. We mock what we cannot use a rational argument against

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Mon Oct 21, 2024, 02:01 PM

Oct 2024

Obviously no one would suggest using hydrogen from methane to make methane. Well, except you of course.

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A Hydrogen Perpetual Motion Machine. [View all] NNadir Oct 2024 OP

There are very few processes that come to a dead end. Unintended/unforseen consequences is the sea we swim in. marble falls Oct 2024 #1

Unfortunately, the hydrogen scam is being sold, widely, as "green" and sustainable. It is no such thing. It's filthy. NNadir Oct 2024 #3

No one ever sees a downside to grasping at straws to eliminate the net zero conclussion at the runaway use of energy ... marble falls Oct 2024 #4

Why do you say it would be "huge step back in the American lifestyle?" hunter Oct 2024 #9

Sounds like you already know the answer to your question. We need a huge step back in the American lifestyle ... marble falls Oct 2024 #11

I still don't see what you mean by "step back." hunter Oct 2024 #12

I completely agree that we need to build out Green Hydrogen as much and as quickly as possible. Think. Again. Oct 2024 #2

Culprit here is not your nemesis H2, but rather coal and methane Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2024 #5

My point is that hydrogen is a scam designed to greenwash fossil fuels. Mechanistic details are trivial. NNadir Oct 2024 #6

The hydrogen here is not greenwashing. As an intermediate, net production is zero. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2024 #7

You're entitled to your own wrong opinion. NNadir Oct 2024 #8

Yes, we need to build out GREEN Hydrogen which is made and used without any CO2 emissions. Think. Again. Oct 2024 #10

China is envious of the U.S.A. natural gas pipeline network. hunter Oct 2024 #13

It would be (very slightly) less odious if instead of methane, they chose DME. (They have industrial DME plants.) NNadir Oct 2024 #14

We mock what we cannot use a rational argument against OKIsItJustMe Oct 2024 #15

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