RE: London South East interview with HydrogenOne Managing Partner Richard Hulf28 Jul 2023 11:12
He alludes - perhaps unintentionally - to the idea of hydrogen being a direct replacement for the gas in home or building heating systems. This is wrong. I only remark upon this because this red-herring is often dragged up as a straw-man argument by energy-haters. To be clear, your gas-boiler goes away and is replaced by electric; it does not get its methane replaced by hydrogen.
I'm not being obtuse here but why not?
I don't understand why Hydrogen can not simply be burned as a fuel replacement for Methane, Kerosene, Petrol, Diesel...
No one has ever given a strong reason as to why this cannot be done.
Yes I hear possible problems around storage but if H2 needs to be stored in a vehicle/building to be converted in to electricity in a Fuel Cell, what's the difference in storing it in said vehicle/building to burn it in an engine or boiler?
Genuine question for all the Hydrogen scientist out there.