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[–] 8 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I know for a FACT that Shell bought up every patent it could on Hydrogen use in the 1960's. My dad worked in England back then in the main office; way up in the tree and he witnessed this himself. FACT. Maybe I'm not completely clear: F A C T !!! He told me when I was a boy and I never forgot. (Was I clear? FACT!!!)

What do you have to be a TOTALLY ROTTEN COMPANY to even NOW not use those inventions and implement Hydrogen as a fuel so the world will be saved.

I truely HATE Shell with all my guts.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Green hydrogen only works when you have more energy than needed and you're 100% renewable electricity. You could have done that with nuclear power in the 60s in theory. But solar in abundance is the only likely route it will work.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    Hydrogen will never be a viable fuel and will never save the world. It leaks like hell, has a low energy density so it needs to be either highly compressed or highly refrigerated to liquify it to be even usable for something that is moving, which needs a lot of energy and induces a lot of constraints.

    Basically, everywhere where electricity is a meaningful solution, hydrogen is just outclassed. Which leaves heavy industries and maybe cargo ships. The rest must either electrify, or just go.

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