+bonifartius 𒂼𒄄
maybe someone can enlighten me:
why is/was hydrogen as energy storage torpedoed for decades now (that it is too late)? it's clean after burning it, can be produced from either electrolysis or natural gas. storage is a bit complicated, but manageable. why should this be worse than batteries?
i've read so many shitty reasons why H2 is "bad":
- "converting natural gas isn't green": yes no shit, but it helps to fill the gap. should've started earlier.
- "not enough power to do electrolysis": every other energy storage solution seems worse at large scales, especially batteries.
- "not enough platinum to use as catalyst for fuel-cells": i bet you can throw enough research on it and find another catalyst. hell, _we_ are full of catalysts that don't contain platinum.
I also suspect the general problem of storage are the 2/3 wasted for storage... as long as oil just jumps out of the ground it always wins.
@CapitalB
you can even make methane out of H2 in a bioreactor. i left that out ;)
it just smells funny that for decades H2 was written off as too problematic etc. and not we get batteries shoved down our throats. where 9/10 are wasted storage and problematic waste. H2, while more complicated, requires "something to pressurize gas in".
