schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 12 days agoActivists dismayed as Germany to scrap limits on fossil fuel heatingdpa-international.comexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: europe@feddit.org
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minus-squareeleitl@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·12 days agoGermany is not investing into hydrogen generation, so that just leaves you with mandatory 100% heat pumps. If you don’t see a problem with that, think again.
minus-squareNotEasyBeingGreen@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·12 days agoSince “green hydrogen” is basically a fiction right now, heat pumps (or neighborhood heating, as someone else mentioned) are the only option we have.
minus-squareeleitl@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 days agoBut it is politics which has made it a fiction. The science and technology is straightforward enough, though 1 usd/kg target is a red herring.
Germany is not investing into hydrogen generation, so that just leaves you with mandatory 100% heat pumps. If you don’t see a problem with that, think again.
Since “green hydrogen” is basically a fiction right now, heat pumps (or neighborhood heating, as someone else mentioned) are the only option we have.
But it is politics which has made it a fiction. The science and technology is straightforward enough, though 1 usd/kg target is a red herring.