• BigFig@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Hydrogen and Methane Power-to-gas can store more power for longer than hydro pump

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        The downvotes are because almost all of the global hydrogen production is made either with natural gas, as a byproduct of oil drilling or through coal.

        In its current state, it is a fake green product pushed by the oil industry to hamper the transition.

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          Ah - that makes sense, thank you. You’re correct, but I work in the aerospace industry with hydrogen fuel cells and green hydrogen is all I’m familiar with, but I realize now that this was bias on my part.

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          Is hydrolysis not cost-effective? If we have excess electricity, as in this case, can we not use that to get hydrogen?

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          7 months ago

          On the recent lemmy topic of using up votes and down votes incorrectly.

          Literally just stating a verifiable fact, not in support or against the technology, and I get down voted lol.

    • Chloë (she/her)
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      7 months ago

      huh i hadn’t heard of this one? I went to a dam last year and that’s what the guide told us…

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      At huge inefficiency loss though. Denmark is probably further with this than anywhere else in the world and even they are sputtering on getting this going.