The Climate, Environment and Energy Thread

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So, none that involve blue hydrogen producers or oil and gas producers. That says it all, doesn’t it? Again, why doesn’t the fossil fuel industry lead the way by showing how profitable and clean it is to make things out of their methane byproduct? Are they hanging out for more government subsidies?

They are corporates and they want certainty, to do this stuff at scale costs money, and you need long term certainty to make the figures work for a ROI.

When a mill, smelter or dairy farm goes down this path, including the licensing and compliance, they do so at a level that services their own interest, but perhaps the issue is more about percentages. There is a lot of argy bargy about how many tonnes of methane gets discarded or accidentally spilled, but what is it as a percentage of the bigger production figure. Which was the point I was getting to earlier about effects, longevity and relative ratios. Maybe if you are coal mining for your power plant the methane emissions aren't even on the right scale to register on the graph!

Even if at scale it's a blip on the graph, it might be a significant resource for other markets. I bet those that continue to operate generating methane do something once a market for the end product is established and it has some intrinsic value to them, I suppose that comes about when demand exceeds the amount we produce. They won't want to do what Redcycle did and develop massive amount of product without a customer to sell it to!