Thread by @WeSmellGas

Branded every colour of the rainbow, hydrogen has become a PR minefield! Let’s break it down… #StopGreenwashingDirtyHydrogen

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Hydrogen is produced using electricity: if electricity source + transportation fuel are renewable, then hydrogen is genuinely green & clean. Despite bold claims from the EU for ‘clean hydrogen’ futures, only ‘green’ hydrogen (currently less than 1%) is genuinely emission free!

There is nothing clean about hydrogen made using fossil fuels, such as ‘Blue’ hydrogen, where expensive CCS technologies are thrown into the mix. Yet these technologies are expensive, energy intensive and in many cases actually increase emissions. foodandwaterwatch.org/2021/07/20/top…

Blue hydrogen (greenwashed by the EU!) therefore throws a lifeline to the fossil fuel industry by allowing them to sneak their dirty fuels through the backdoor and will actually INCREASE fossil gas production in the midst of the #ClimateEmergency
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According to the @IEA, the majority of hydrogen worldwide is made using fossil fuels. It is thus unsurprising that hydrogen produces 830 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year - equivalent to the CO2 emissions of the United Kingdom and Indonesia combined!!

Do not be fooled by some masterful PR. 97% of European hydrogen is made using fossil gas. #RePowerEU on hydrogen is business as usual for the same big polluters and decision makers with corrupt vested interests.

Let’s take down this awful hydrogen rainbow. Let’s stop investing in polluting ‘transition’ energy that is more of the same with different branding. Let’s invest public money into genuine locally sourced renewables + support those hardest hit by climate change to do the same 🌈💚