Comment by ZeroGravitas
16 days ago
If we're talking blue hydrogen then you'd be better just using methane for most things. At least then we're not kidding ourselves. Stick a carbon fee on it and focus the engineering and business talents on rolling out the stuff we already know works really well and can actually save money (EVs, renewables, heat pumps, batteries etc.) even faster, saving more money and buying us more time for the hard stuff.
> If we're talking blue hydrogen then you'd be better just using methane for most things
That's exactly the plan - NatGas as an intermediate step for Hydrogen production over the next 15 years as renewable capacity is built out and Hydrogen costs fall to that of coal (US$1-1.50/KG).
Every single Hydrogen National Strategy lists that out, and this is why the 7 countries I listed are working together on this.