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Michael Liebreich - @MLiebreich.bsky.social
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Michael Liebreich - @MLiebreich.bsky.social
@MLiebreich
Only posting links to my stuff on Cleaning Up, Substack, BloombergNEF, etc. Discussion on 🦋. Won't respond here and provide X.AI with free training content.
- A thread for those who think we're going to be importing lots of hydrogen over vast distances. 1. Shipping liquid hydrogen is not going to be a thing. To understand why, you need to understand that hydrogen is basically liquid, -253C escapey, explodey expanded polystyrene.
- Dear Australians. I woke up this morning choking on the smell of bushfire smoke in my hotel room. This is your Opera House. UK got off coal in 7 years; Norway is preparing for life after oil. What is your plan? Where is your leadership? Where are your leaders? This is shameful!
- Batteries are often described as resource-intensive. With a 95% proven recycling rate and a 10yr life, over 50% of battery minerals mined today will still be in use in *130 years*. Add 5% performance improvement per cycle, and they will be delivering services *forever*. Boom! 1/2
- Hilarious. Any engineer can tell you hydrogen is not like LNG. 30% energy lost in liquefaction; 38% of the volumetric energy density; 6x the boil-off; embrittles; -253C; etc. Transport cost 2-3x production cost? No more than homeopathic quantities of H2 will ever move by ship.Canadian and German leaders signed a 'hydrogen alliance' with the goal of establishing a transatlantic supply corridor by 2025 and coordinating policies to attract investments in hydrogen projects reut.rs/3PKHit8
00:00 - China has gone from being an also-ran exporter of cars to global leader in three years. And guess what: they are exporting electric cars, not burners. And guess what else: our legacy car makers are not competitive. You can debate why, but you cannot pretend this is not a BFD.
- Wow. @mikefosterEUA, CEO of @energyutilities, has been caught funding the anti-heat-pump PR behind the rash of misinformation stories in the UK press. Did the board of the EUA authorize those campaigns? If so, they all have to go. Shocking revelations.
- Substitution curves: "The first 1% takes forever; 1% to 5% is like waiting for a sneeze – you know it’s inevitable but it takes longer than you think; then 5% to 50% happens incredibly fast. Clean energy is entering this period of rapid transformation.
- Looks like Daimler Benz is ceasing all internal combustion engine development and switching efforts to electric propulsion. For the first time since 1885 there will be no new generation of Daimler IC engines under development. Absolute. End. Of. An. Era. financialexpress.com/auto/car-news/…
- Replying to @MakingH2Happen and @Jacob_Rees_MoggHeating with hydrogen from renewable energy is 6 times less efficient than using the same electricity in a heat pump. I don't know a single serious energy analyst not affiliated with the gas industry who thinks hydrogen heating will be a thing. @Jacob_Rees_Mogg please call!
- “It’s absurd,” says Michael Liebreich, energy expert and chairman of Liebreich Associates, of Germany’s nuclear shutdown. “I think it’s an epic, epic mistake. I’ve called it a climate crime.”
- Fascinating data on the hidden cost of fossil fuels. Companies are paying 10% to 20% "environmental hardship allowance" to get staff to move to China or India, and then spend $5k to $10k annually on pollution protection measures. We have created a monster. news.yahoo.com/asias-pollutio…
- Hey @AmazonUK, Your driver is blocking not one but two rapid-charge places on Westbourne Park Rd right now, opposite the Oak pub. Been waiting 15 minutes. Regards number LC21 YRK. Please take appropriate disciplinary action and report back.
