I keep seeing people financing articles about hydrogen, I wonder who the financiers are?
CriticalUnit on
Herr Betteridge?
CriticalUnit on
Considering their plan to produce most of their hydrogen is to import NatGas, I would say no.
Advanced_Ad8002 on
With German electricity prices? – Never!
Former_Star1081 on
No.
Independent-Slide-79 on
Atm not rly. But people underestimate how much research is done, also renewables will decrease electricity prices significantly in the next few years. I know this is an unpopular opinion but in fact Germany is still leading in Hydrogen patents and i am pretty sure some people are gonna be very surprised at some point.
Ben-Goldberg on
Ammonia is roughly twice as energy dense, can be directly used in a fuel cell, is easier to liquify, and leaks are easier to detect.
Hydrogen has no future as anything other than a chemical you make on site to make some other chemical.
Dark1000 on
No, it makes no sense. You can’t beat physics no matter how many regulations you introduce to try and make a market work “correctly” or how much funding you dump into research.
The truth is that outside of coal and some offshore wind, Germany is energy resource poor. It’s not in the worst position, but it’s not in a great one either, and it’s certainly nowhere near any kind of energy superpower. It cannot overcome that truth.
Uncle_Touchy1987 on
I can only see hydrogen working for other applications, just not cars.
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I keep seeing people financing articles about hydrogen, I wonder who the financiers are?
Herr Betteridge?
Considering their plan to produce most of their hydrogen is to import NatGas, I would say no.
With German electricity prices? – Never!
No.
Atm not rly. But people underestimate how much research is done, also renewables will decrease electricity prices significantly in the next few years. I know this is an unpopular opinion but in fact Germany is still leading in Hydrogen patents and i am pretty sure some people are gonna be very surprised at some point.
Ammonia is roughly twice as energy dense, can be directly used in a fuel cell, is easier to liquify, and leaks are easier to detect.
Hydrogen has no future as anything other than a chemical you make on site to make some other chemical.
No, it makes no sense. You can’t beat physics no matter how many regulations you introduce to try and make a market work “correctly” or how much funding you dump into research.
The truth is that outside of coal and some offshore wind, Germany is energy resource poor. It’s not in the worst position, but it’s not in a great one either, and it’s certainly nowhere near any kind of energy superpower. It cannot overcome that truth.
I can only see hydrogen working for other applications, just not cars.