Post #2770357
2026-04-11 16:12 UTC
@Photo55@mastodon.social @burger_jaap@mastodon.social if we ever get to the stage of having a surplus of non-storeable renewable electricity that we might turn into hydrogen there are far more effective industrial uses for such hydrogen, replacing methane, than trying to pipe it to consumers. Heat pumps are a far more energy efficient way of heating homes than turning electricity into hydrogen and the burning it.
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@Photo55@mastodon.social 2026-04-11 16:33
@marjolica@social.linux.pizza @burger_jaap@mastodon.social Tend to agree, although I have been tempted to put a bell jar in a bowl and see what I can do with the result. Our systems evolve, so we have periods where what would not be efficiently done in a well-designed system nevertheless make some sense for a while, as an extra or a transition, or even a demo. I do wonder if we could do something with surplus power in Scotland, that can't be got down the wires at the time. Yes, batteries, more wires, eventually.