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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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 😄

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day 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.