@sellathechemist@mastodon.social
Post #1779020
2026-02-25 21:28 UTC
@rozeboosje there is plenty of fundamental science that is very interesting. But there are strategic directions being chosen for priority funding that are just misguided and Allwood makes a very strong case that CCS and H2 are a side-show. The fact is that they have very loud and well-funded cheerleaders in the firms that make their money from burning stuff. CCS gives them the cover to keep burning. And H2 sounds like virtuous combustion. but combustion it is. More of the same.
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@rozeboosje@masto.ai 2026-02-25 21:59
@sellathechemist cheers for the explanation
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@SusiArnott@mastodon.green 2026-02-25 22:19
@sellathechemist @rozeboosje (ICYMI this group of Allwoods did some merciless analysis a few years back but seem to have gone quiet https://ukfires.org/news/)
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@paul_hirst@mastodon.social 2026-02-26 09:02
@sellathechemist @rozeboosje I listened to David Cebon a few years ago and he made it clear that H2 was actually a good way for fossil fuel companies to sell even more gas since the process of converting to H2 throws away a bunch of the energy. If you convert a boiler to hydrogen you need more gas out of the ground to run it. https://fullycharged.show/podcasts/podcast-177-so-how-clean-is-hydrogen-actually-with-prof-david-cebon/