• InverseParallax@lemmy.world
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        11 hours ago

        I’m not disagreeing, but if the energy is surplus, might as well make hydrogen, at least we don’t end up with pollution.

        • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          9 hours ago

          arguably, compressing natural gas into LNG is fucking stupid, but apparently the market rates work out, so it’s economically viable. And here we are compressing a gas into a liquid just to ship it over the ocean lol.

          market economies are just funny.

        • grandkaiser@lemmy.world
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          11 hours ago

          Oh certainly. Power storage is a real problem, especially with up-down renewables. I just didn’t understand why you were saying oil can’t be produced but hydrogen can. Synthesizing oil for power storage is a terrible idea 😄

          • ✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.world
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            22 minutes ago

            Same for hydrogen really. The only case where it really matters is flight, which requires energy densities that will only ever be achieved by hydrocarbons or maybe hydrogen.