Oil sector is lobbying for inefficient hydrogen cars to delay electrification

Re:Oil sector is lobbying for inefficient hydrogen cars to d... by espadrine on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @05:58PM (#37838183)

Isn’t that effectively what they call “blue hydrogen”[0]? All oil companies seem very slow in deploying that; there is no question that it is much more expensive than just releasing the CO₂ in the air.

[0]: https://corporate.exxonmobil.com/what-we-do/delivering-indus...

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Re:Oil sector is lobbying for inefficient hydrogen cars to d... by londons_explore on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @06:06PM (#37838287)

I think oil+gas companies are currently just waiting for the right moment to deploy it.

Blue hydrogen only makes sense with global carbon caps, taxes or quotas. And it only makes sense if CO2 injected underground doesn't count towards that cap/tax/quota.

So far, there is no political appetite for global taxes/caps/quotas, so blue hydrogen is only at pilot-plant scale.

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