sci.energy.hydrogen

On Feb 29, 10:28 am, Bill Penrose wrote:
> On Feb 29, 10:23 am, Don Lancaster wrote:
>
> > > I wonder if that's true??? The comparative costs of pipelining H2 vs.
> > > electrical transmission, including maintenance and safety costs?
>
> > > DB
>
> > Surely you are joking.
>
> Hence the question marks. I sometimes forget this is Usenet, where
> ridicule is the natural response to all questions.
>
> They can pipeline natural gas easily enough. If the economic disparity
> were so great, why wouldn't they burn it near the wellhead to generate
> electricity? My understanding is that an enormous fraction of electric
> power is lost in transmission lines. Answer me that, answer man.
Hydrogen leaks much more readily than methane, the lightest
component of natural gas.


Michael