We challenge the EU fossil gas & hydrogen policies based on racialised capital + colonial exploitation
Email: collective@wesmellgas.org
https://t.co/d2EuPttB21
Nov 2, 2022 • 6 tweets • 6 min read
+++ Politicians chatting about a “just transition” in Europe +++
Dark Reality: fossil gas expansion in Africa
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Just Solution: climate finance + local renewable energy systems
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!
"We need to stop thinking of North Africa as far away- they’re our neighbour”.
@EU_Commission, people’s homes are not your profit machines. STOP the neocolonial resource grab. See thread 👇
Why should Morocco, Algeria and Egypt use their own energy to make hydrogen for European markets? Europe has vast, untapped potential meet renewable targets locally & sustainably. We have historic responsibility to former colonised nations to do so.