Environment & Energy

...any role beyond industrial uses. The argument about consumer use as an energy carrier are pure garbage.

I have long advocated for the industrial application for the hydrogenation of CO₂ to make DME as an energy carrier, albeit only in process intensification settings using nuclear generated heat networks. My attention to this approach was drawn by the papers and work of the late great Nobel Laureate, George Olah. The critical temperature of DME is higher than the boiling point of water. The critical point of hydrogen is lower than the freezing point of methane.

What I am objecting to is the idiotic treatment of hydrogen as a consumer product in 2024. It is a dishonest and frankly dangerous marketing scheme put forth by fossil fuel interests to greenwash their products via wishful thinking.