'A complete failure' Japan's 'fantasy' hydrogen strategy does nothing

Re:'A complete failure' Japan's 'fantasy' hydrogen strategy ... by RetpolineDrama on Monday January 23, 2023 @10:00AM (#34489530)

>I find it weird how hostile to hydrogen the "renewable energy gang" is.

Well, hydrogen is essentially a scam and giant energy sink.

>The story of how renewables take over the world and displace fossil fuels and nuclear totally relies on storage

Sure, and compressed hydrogen is a terrible battery

>Does hydrogen work for it? Well, maybe, it could, there are unresolved issues but hey we are trying to do science here.

Hydrogen isn't being pushed by "science", because it's a bad idea at the physics level. It's being pushed as a greenwashing/scam by the oil industry.

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Re:'A complete failure' Japan's 'fantasy' hydrogen strategy ... by gwbas1c on Monday January 23, 2023 @10:04AM (#34489588)

I should add that a lot of the pushing happens from Toyota's CEO. He really thinks electric cars are a fad, and as a result has directly advocated within Japan's government for hydrogen and hybrids.

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