The Climate, Environment and Energy Thread

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Yep, I’m a green energy magnate just waiting to have my Bond villain moment.

And of course blue hydrogen producers would never prioritise profits over environmental outcomes. Sure, they might be trying to exploit fossil fuels like traditional fossil fuel producers but they’re the good guys, right?

In case people hadn't noticed it's basically the same subset of people and companies selling SolarPV and Wind energy as well as Hydrogen, they aren't idiots, they have one leg each side of the fence ready to jump. So in one context they seem to be inclined to be labelled saints, and when it doesn't suit they apparently become sinners.

The only genuinely stupid act in the energy and environment debate is lambasting all low carbon dioxide alternatives by boosting one specific solution, it's utter stupidity, and obvious beyond doubt only a mix of technologies can rapidly deliver a sustainable solution. Opposing good technologies because they are not the selected bet is idiotic, that bet is a corporate behaviour not science.

btw., The Hydrogen economy has been on the cards for almost three decades, it's not an overnight alternative spruiked to save mining in it's dying moments. And it's the technology of choice for industrial and commercial solutions to many energy issues, as promoted by both the head of CSIRO and the Chief Scientist since the 1990s and still promoted to this day.

Australia missed a massive opportunity to become the world leader in nuclear due to domestic politics, repeating the same mistakes we made in the early years of radio astronomy and space launches, will it do the same on hydrogen? I fear so, and I suspect the collapse of the Forrest / Cannon-Brookes venture is the start of this same set of errors.