• vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    11 months ago

    It’s just a sad ploy for the companies that own the pipes to pretend they can stay relevant for a few more years.

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      11 months ago

      I think there’s more to it than that. Much of the UK’s existing housing stick will find it difficult to switch to heatpumps in the short-medium term to replace existing gas boilers, so as part of netzero, the UK government did pilots to see if piping hydrogen could be a viable alternative.

      Turns out the answer is “no, not really”.