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Think. Again.

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6. The inefficiency is still there no matter what the cause of it...
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 07:30 PM
Jan 5

...either through heat energy lost in producing electricity from fossil fuels or from the Hydrogen fuel cell process.

So for the fossil fuel industry to be pushing the efficiency numbers of Hydrogen or any other non-CO2 energy production system is just a very, very weak argument. They are relying on the ignorance of the general public, and I find youtubers, like the one above who also do that, to be offensive and ridiculous.

Edit to add:

I do not consider Hydrogen produced with or from fossil fuels (such as in your statement:

"So to have a thermal (fossil fuel) power plant coupled with a hydrogen storage system, we have an overall efficiency of 41% * 32.4% = 13.3%. (And that doesn't include any power line losses) "

...to be a worthy method of producing Hydrogen, since our only reason to produce H2, and our overarching goal, is the elmination of the use of fossil fuels. Green Hydrogen (which does not use any fossil fuels at all) is the only thing anyone should be discussing.

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Wow, that was a classic attempt at a smear campaign. Think. Again. Jan 5 #1
Video is about 5:30 m:s long (everything after that is an ad for brilliant so can skip). progree Jan 5 #2
Yeah, no mention of the fact that the materials used in containing H2 are impervious to embrittlement... Think. Again. Jan 5 #3
59 percentage points of that 65% is loss at the thermal power plant producing thermal power plant electricity progree Jan 5 #5
The inefficiency is still there no matter what the cause of it... Think. Again. Jan 5 #6
The reason I bring up the thermal power plant at all is because your citation from energyknowledgebase progree Jan 5 #9
I use that citiation specifically to counter the position that Hydrogen is an inefficient way to produce electricity.... Think. Again. Jan 5 #11
And I include my response to clarify what that citation is about. Because that citation, calling it a "delivery system" progree Jan 5 #14
Yes, so to sum up... Think. Again. Jan 5 #16
Green hydrogen is the future GoreWon2000 Jan 5 #4
"Sabine" is simply a youtube influencer. Think. Again. Jan 5 #7
And we're all message board randos with our own agendas as all human beings have. progree Jan 5 #10
I would gladly show you my own credentials in ecology, but, it's the internet. Think. Again. Jan 5 #12
Sabine is putting out false information about hydrogen GoreWon2000 Jan 7 #17
You're correct... Think. Again. Jan 7 #18
I'm done arguing with the hydrogen promoters here. hunter Jan 5 #8
Biden's Department of Energy will have enough to deal with anyway soon. Think. Again. Jan 5 #13
"The math didn't work forty years ago when I first pursued it" Caribbeans Jan 5 #15
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