The US Department of Energy says it is aiming for “clean” hydrogen production costs of $2/kg by 2026 and $1/kg by 2031.

The US Department of Energy says it is aiming for “clean” hydrogen production costs of $2/kg by 2026 and $1/kg by 2031.

  • Broken_Monitor@lemmy.world
    1·
    8 months ago

    So most hydrogen is produced using fossil fuels, or via electrolysis, which just uses the very power this aims to produce. I like how they put “clean” in quotes, indicating that’s more of a bullshit name than the reality, and then they fail to mention how it would be “clean”. It seems like this is just an intermediate step to cover up fossil fuel bullshit.

    • towerful
      3·
      8 months ago

      Electrolysis will eventually be “clean” as it comes from electricity and water, neither of which require fossil fuels…
      The majority of our electricity comes from fossil fuels at the moment, which everyone is working on phasing out in favour of solar/wind/tidal/geo/etc.

      The hydrogen then gives you a high energy density solution for things like aeroplanes.