Thread by @AukeHoekstra

@MLiebreich Honest question Michael: are you sure that blue hydrogen subsidies will include all fugitive emissions and exclude SMR?

I've read some intentions but nothing close to assurances. Mostly silence which leaves the door wide open for abuse.

@MLiebreich I also think we should take a system perspective, just as we do with electricity. So no designating either coal or solar to EVs and no designating cleanest or dirtiest gas to blue hydrogen but taking the average.

@MLiebreich At the moment blue hydrogen reminds me of FCEVs that are cleaner than BEVs because H2 is produced next to the windmill and BEVs get the average mix or worse, while the same H2 windmill could have powered twice the amount of BEVs.

@MLiebreich But mostly I worry that grey H2 is sold using bad blue H2 (ignoring fugitive emissions) is sold using great blue H2 (a few ATR pilot plants at perfect wells) is sold using green H2.

And I don't trust politicians to be cleverer, stronger, and more committed than the fossil lobby.