By: David Martin

David Martin — Tue, 14 May 2024 08:47:55 +0000

Hydrogen is a falsehood promoted by the oil & gas industry to maintain business as usual.
57 independent studies from across the world have now said it is not viable or cost effective.
It has been rejected for domestic heating worldwide, it has failed regarding road & rail transport in every scenario. Even heavy industry is looking at electrification including steel.
The article admits its more expensive. It can never get cheaper due to the losses involved in manufacture & usage. There are flow diagrams showing just how bad it is.
H2 is a very dangerous & explosive substance that is near impossible to contain and has a tiny calorific value per m3 making storage horrendously expensive. This is why the H2 industry only talks of energy per kg. It also forgets to mention that during long haul transport, it leaks, a lot and that ships need ballasting as its so light. With current technology a ship from Japan would arrive near empty! Yet, they only mention that in manufacturing it is costly, yes 3-4 times as much but avoid discussing the high transportation costs & losses.
Moving away from fossil fuels removes the geopolitical risks, H2 doesn’t achieve this.
Electrification & energy storage is well ahead and already unbeatable. High density batteries now make long haul HGVs & buses viable and even short haul aviation.
This article is full or misleading facts, and false assumptions, so why have the NCE published it?

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