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minus-squareNotEasyBeingGreen@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoSince “green hydrogen” is basically a fiction right now, heat pumps (or neighborhood heating, as someone else mentioned) are the only option we have.
minus-squareatro_city@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoGermany has tonnes of unused wind-energy. That could very well be used for green hydrogen. Everything is in place, there is just not political will to push the button and make it a viable option.
minus-squareeleitl@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoBut it is politics which has made it a fiction. The science and technology is straightforward enough, though 1 usd/kg target is a red herring.
Since “green hydrogen” is basically a fiction right now, heat pumps (or neighborhood heating, as someone else mentioned) are the only option we have.
Germany has tonnes of unused wind-energy. That could very well be used for green hydrogen. Everything is in place, there is just not political will to push the button and make it a viable option.
But it is politics which has made it a fiction. The science and technology is straightforward enough, though 1 usd/kg target is a red herring.