NomNomEuropean Gas prices just surged 50% after the Qatari LNG production is under attack
It seems to me that every conflict spikes oil prices, relatively unpredictably (if you can call this unpredictable).
Maybe the world should look for alternative sources of energy, which are abundant, cheap, and can be deployed non centrally?
No. No that’s insane.
These prices are literally controlled by price-fixing cartels.
But Europe is investing hundreds of billions in North Sea wind farms to generate hydrogen for heating, it was initiated by Putin’s actions.
da_cow (she/her)Now we just have to hope that people dont dig up this bullshit idea of using hydrogen to heat your own house.
Hydrogen has one of the highest energy densities by mass. It’s a very reasonable energy storage
If you’re launching a rocket, sure. If cost or difficulty matters in any way compared to raw mass, not really.
It was talked about for cars where density kinda matters, but you could put them in a fuel cell that way instead of just burning it, and I’m not sure if it was ever anywhere close to economical.
The cost probably will go down, and with any luck the cost of polluting will go up, but electricity is going to be more practical for most things.