Steel makers looking at hydrogen to make transition to 'lower emissions'

Industry and Science Minister Ed Husic says most steel makers are looking at hydrogen to make the transition from “high emissions to lower”.
“The big thing about hydrogen that doesn’t get appreciated is that it’ll be an important part of the transition to what’s known as green metals,” Mr Husic said.
“That is it’ll instead of relying on, in terms of ores and burning them and the carbon footprint that comes out of steel production out of the moment, we can do it in a much cleaner way.
“Most steel makers are looking at hydrogen to make the transition from high emissions to lower.
“Getting this right is going to be important.”

[@NoWindNoSunNoPower]

Currently 95% of commercial hydrogen is sourced from fossil fuels.
To produce 1 kg of hydrogen from water requires 40 kWh of electricity in a 100% efficient system. Most systems are not 100% efficient and require around 50 kWh of electricity. 1 kg of hydrogen has an energy density equal to 34 kWh.
😆😂🤣🤣😂😆 - Go for it.

[@kayakMike1000]

Yes but here's a little known fact about electrolysis of water. Normal water with regular hydrogen is ten times more likely to split than the heavy water with deuterium. So... If you use a electrolysis cell for a really long time, just keep it topped of, the water in the cell becomes heavy water so you could use that in a nuclear reactor.

[@kayakMike1000]

Well, what if we just used solar to make loads of hydrogen? Sorta stor it for layers? What if we made something like ammonia (NH4) that keeps better...

[@NoWindNoSunNoPower]

@kayakMike1000 Solar? Hahaha. I recommend pixie dust.

[@positivepawpaw7564]

@@kayakMike1000 hydrogen has already been tried before and still does not work as hydrogen cannot be held in steel or trucks. to make hydrogen a massive amount of energy is lost and you’ve got to compress it to 700 times atmospheric pressure and that requires a huge amount of energy .. you’ve got to liquefy it to -200 degrees Celsius and that requires a huge amount of energy. we can convert fossilised sunlight into energy and that fossilised sunlight is called coal.

[@kidsoxoxox]

Or a Hydogen Bomb? like the WW2 Norwegian plant.

[@info88w11]

T H I S I S A S C A M B Y L A B O R P A R T Y T H E F T O F P U B L I C M O N E Y !!!!

[@KIA-MIA-POW]

The safety considerations for hydrogen will require drastic and extensive amendments to the OH&S Act.

[@WallsendChook]

They will also have to complete a valid "Life Cycle" Analysis to confirm that hydrogen is in fact a better environmental alternative.

[@NoWindNoSunNoPower]

@@WallsendChook Hydrogen is indeed a greenhouse gas,

[@thrillchaser9492]

@@NoWindNoSunNoPower guess you don't know much about science... holy crap next you'll call water a hazardous liquid....LMAO.. Hydrogen is less than .0005% of the atmosphere.... OMG look it up

[@thrillchaser9492]

@@WallsendChook What's the alternative?.. If you burn hydrogen you make H2O.. maybe you are afraid of water because you can't swim but the environment loves it.. have you seen the oceans and lakes.. Rain and snow are kind of bad some days....LMAO and using hydrogen to make all those EVs work even better on fuel cells instead of crappy batteries that kill the Earth would be great.. If you know of better ideas the world will pay you billions... Ammonia is the next best fuel but they make NO2.. I'm sure that's a problem having fertilizer running out of the tailpipe ..Mini Throruim nuke makes hydrogen cheap and easy and SAFE that's where my money is for future energy

[@Conky769]

The palladium required for this hydrogen production comes from Russia. Fact.

[@user-wh3ec4wb3l]

Pure Fantasy 🤷‍♂️

[@l4rrikin]

Future made in Australia "making the unprofitable idea a reality.."

[@TheBossMan1453]

Hydrogen will run out sooner than later

[@TheBossMan1453]

@@Sedici65 ah fuck you're right, I'm thinking of helium