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3. Yeah, no mention of the fact that the materials used in containing H2 are impervious to embrittlement...
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 07:03 PM
Jan 2025

...nor any mention of the inefficiency of our current electrical distribution systems...

"Losses of electricity through the delivery system are significant. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that losses through the delivery system are 65%. Another way of saying this is that nearly two-thirds of the primary energy used to create electricity is lost before the electricity arrives at the customer meter." - https://energyknowledgebase.com/topics/electricity-losses.asp

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Wow, that was a classic attempt at a smear campaign. Think. Again. Jan 2025 #1
Video is about 5:30 m:s long (everything after that is an ad for brilliant so can skip). progree Jan 2025 #2
Yeah, no mention of the fact that the materials used in containing H2 are impervious to embrittlement... Think. Again. Jan 2025 #3
59 percentage points of that 65% is loss at the thermal power plant producing thermal power plant electricity progree Jan 2025 #5
The inefficiency is still there no matter what the cause of it... Think. Again. Jan 2025 #6
The reason I bring up the thermal power plant at all is because your citation from energyknowledgebase progree Jan 2025 #9
I use that citiation specifically to counter the position that Hydrogen is an inefficient way to produce electricity.... Think. Again. Jan 2025 #11
And I include my response to clarify what that citation is about. Because that citation, calling it a "delivery system" progree Jan 2025 #14
Yes, so to sum up... Think. Again. Jan 2025 #16
Green hydrogen is the future GoreWon2000 Jan 2025 #4
"Sabine" is simply a youtube influencer. Think. Again. Jan 2025 #7
And we're all message board randos with our own agendas as all human beings have. progree Jan 2025 #10
I would gladly show you my own credentials in ecology, but, it's the internet. Think. Again. Jan 2025 #12
Sabine is putting out false information about hydrogen GoreWon2000 Jan 7 #17
You're correct... Think. Again. Jan 7 #18
I'm done arguing with the hydrogen promoters here. hunter Jan 2025 #8
Biden's Department of Energy will have enough to deal with anyway soon. Think. Again. Jan 2025 #13
"The math didn't work forty years ago when I first pursued it" Caribbeans Jan 2025 #15
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