Green hydrogen exports from WA seen as possible power source for Europe

Green hydrogen is a silly idea.
When You Crunch The Numbers, Green Hydrogen Is A Non-Starter
February 14, 2024/ Francis Menton

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  This post reports on two new instances of people applying a little critical thinking to the issue of using so-called “green” hydrogen as an essential piece of a future de-carbonized energy system. This is a subject that I have previously addressed, here in a post of June 13, 2022, and here again in my energy storage Report of December 1, 2022.
  
  
• The two new pieces covered in this post are (1) a February 1 Report for the Manhattan Institute by Jonathan Lesser titled “Green Hydrogen: A Multibillion-Dollar Energy Boondoggle,”, and (2) a February 13 article in the Washington Examiner by Steve Goreham titled “Can the government create a green hydrogen fuel industry?”
  
  
• If you think that a “de-carbonized” energy system is some kind of urgent priority for humanity, and you put your mind to how to achieve that, it won’t take you long to realize that hydrogen is the only way to get there.
  

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Like hydrogen as a significant component of the energy system.

It's roughly as urgent, and as sensible, as a decarbonized food system.

 

The European experience highlights the folly of green hydrogen.
Europe is Struggling to Meet Green Hydrogen Goals, Send Money
Eric Worrall
WINNING: €22 Billion EU Government money spent to produce 20,000 tons of green hydrogen, at a price of €1.1 million per ton, or €1100 / kg. . . .