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NNadir

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1. Let's assume for a pathetic second, that geologic hydrogen were available to be tapped.

Sat Jan 18, 2025, 04:05 PM

Jan 18

Would the "drill baby, drill" fantasy be a good idea in a time of rising seas?

Practically every one on the planet who hypes the hydrogen scam, is of course, really looking to greenwash fossil fuels, from which hydrogen is overwhelmingly manufactured, so the idea of squandering resources doesn't offend them at all, since they don't give a rat's ass about the environment.

For instance, one often sees them advertising for Chinese hydrogen bullshit despite the fact that how hydrogen is made in China is well known.

Subsidizing Grid-Based Electrolytic Hydrogen Will Increase Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Coal Dominated Power Systems Liqun Peng, Yang Guo, Shangwei Liu, Gang He, and Denise L. Mauzerall Environmental Science & Technology 2024 58 (12), 5187-5195

The text is clear enough.

From the introductory text:

... Currently, nearly all hydrogen in China is either produced directly from fossil fuels (55% from coal gasification and 14% from steam methane reforming (SMR)) or as a byproduct of petroleum refining (28%), with only 1% coming from water electrolysis. (2) Producing 1 kg of coal- or SMR-based hydrogen emits roughly 19 and 10 kg of CO2, respectively. (3) In 2020, hydrogen production from fossil fuels in China emitted ∼322Tg of CO2, equivalent to 25% of total CO2 emissions from industrial processes, a number expected to rise with increasing hydrogen demand. (4) Industrial processes include production of nonmetallic mineral products, chemical, and metal products, as well as production and consumption of halocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride. (4)

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The bold, italics and underlining is mine.

EST: Chinese Hydrogen Production Is Making Climate Change Worse.

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Let's assume for a pathetic second, that geologic hydrogen were available to be tapped. NNadir Jan 18 #1