The Biden administration put $7 billion into "hydrogen hubs." Critics smell a boondoggle.
The Biden administration put $7 billion into "hydrogen hubs." Critics smell a boondoggle.
This story was originally published by Yale E360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
Boondoggle. What's the hullabaloo about this tomfoolery? It's all gobbledygook to me.
This hubbub may evolve into a kerfuffle or a donnybrook.
I hope we aren’t hornswoggled by this boondogle
Embattled plan called "malarkey" by experts.
pshh. what a waste. all you have to do is dunk your head underwater and breathe in the oxygen.
bam: two free hydrogen.
Don't they know that government funds are meant for corporate bailouts??
hydrogen is just a fossil fuel investment. yeah let's just keep pouring money and resources into hydrogen, which requires natural gas for production in 95% of cases. We'll get to green hydrogen later, after we've left you with the bag
NIMBYs everywhere, go figure.
The "blue hydrogen", "produced from natural gas which is then sequestered" bit is a ridiculous stretch though. Forcing byproducts back into the ground is one of the "justifications"/"pros" for fracking.
You can't ask the government to drive innovation and take on difficult challenges if people keep labelling everything that might not work out a boondoggle. The IRA was like $800 billion. It's okay if 7 is spent on a longshot.
What else? solar freaking roadways?