Post #537710

2026-02-25 18:45 UTC

Scathing/sobering assessment of CCS and hydrogen tech in the context of climate change from Julian Allwood. Not a comfortable read. He must have had a hard time with referees because he comments: Given the vast investment of academic effort …it is hardly surprising that the message of this paper is challenging, and this was made evident in the extensive process of manuscript review… the conclusions of the paper, reflected in the title, should be seen not as heresy.&quot; https://www.nature.com/articles/s44286-025-00344-1

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@BashStKid@mastodon.online 2026-02-25 19:26

@sellathechemist I’d imagine it’s extremely difficult to make any progress when the companies are screaming the opposite into government ears.

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@rozeboosje@masto.ai 2026-02-25 20:28

@sellathechemist Alright but what about the longer term? Could they come into their own further down the line, not as the only solution, but as part of a many pronged effort?

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@glasspusher@beige.party 2026-02-26 08:36

@sellathechemist I used to do fuel cells. I’d like to see hydrogen used to replace graphite/coke in steel and aluminum manufacture.

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@anlomedad@fedifreu.de 2026-02-26 10:29

@sellathechemist Sadly no access. Does Allwood still have a twitter profile where he might have posted a gift link? Or if you have access to it, would you try to archive the paper on https://archive.ph Two people already tried to archive it there but it resulted in only the locked version to get saved. Maybe that is simply what happens with all NATURE paper archives, I don't know. I'd appreciate very much if you could give it a shot https://www.nature.com/articles/s44286-025-00344-1

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