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@Baku @Railison Burning methane (“natural”) gas to make hydrogen to run a bus really isn’t much of a step forward, if your aim is to reduce emissions.

Some solar panels and a battery would be a much better option.

From TFA:

"But Guardian Australia understands the buses will run on grey hydrogen, produced using natural gas.

“Currently about 96% of the world’s hydrogen is produced using coal (brown hydrogen) and gas (grey). The production of grey and brown hydrogen releases carbon dioxide and unburnt fugitive methane into the atmosphere.”

#bus #vicpol #climate #methane #ClimateChange #PublicTransport #melbourne #environment #auspol

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Yeah never said that emissions reductions were the aim for this trial. They’ll be looking at how much the vehicles cost to run and maintain, and probably use that to help determine the strike price for green hydrogen subsidies down the track.

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