[FRIAM] Fwd: International firm to invest $254M in ABQ hydrogen factory -- ABQ Journal

[Frank Wimberly]

I wouldn't pull your leg, Merle.  Tell me how water vapor in the
stratosphere causes climate change.  Do conventional jet engines cause
water vapor in the stratosphere?

Frank

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Frank C. Wimberly
140 Calle Ojo Feliz,
Santa Fe, NM 87505

505 670-9918
Santa Fe, NM

On Thu, Mar 10, 2022, 9:42 PM Merle Lefkoff <merlelefkoff at gmail.com> wrote:

> Oh, please, Frank!  I guess I need to show you a bit more about why this
> is a bad idea.  (Or maybe you're pulling my leg.). See below from my "bad
> climate mitigation notes" file and be better informed.
>
> First, the color code.  "Green" hydrogen, produced by electrolysis is
> expensive, so it's produced by steam reforming--cheaper, but it uses
> natural gas as a feedstock and produces "grey" hydrogen which contributes
> nothing to climate change mitigation.  But "grey" can become "blue"
> hydrogen when the CO2 is captured by carbon storage techniques that are
> very doubtful on many levels.
>
> Also darn, atmospheric hydrogen sequesters hydroxyl radicals responsible
> for the removal of methane.  Uh-oh!  There is even more interference when
> hydrogen combines with oxygen in the stratosphere to form water vapor,
> which also contributes to climate change. Finally, the entire process of
> hydrogen production, transport, distribution, storage and use is affected
> by common leaks that release gas into the atmosphere.  This is one of the
> biggest problems among many, and it also seems to be under-reported and not
> well understood by people looking for easy answers.
>
> Like you, dear Frank.
>
>
>   <https://twitter.com/yanes68>
>
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 8:57 PM Frank Wimberly <wimberly3 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I am a former pilot.  I think this is an excellent idea.  Don't confuse
>> hydrogen with hydrogen bombs.  Burning hydrogen produces water, not CO2.
>>
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>> Frank C. Wimberly
>> 140 Calle Ojo Feliz,
>> Santa Fe, NM 87505
>>
>> 505 670-9918
>> Santa Fe, NM
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 10, 2022, 8:53 PM Merle Lefkoff <merlelefkoff at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I need assurance from somebody--anybody--that this is an incredibly bad
>>> idea from a governor who drank some fatally spiked Kool-Aid.
>>>
>>> *International firm to invest $254M in ABQ hydrogen factory*
>>>
>>>
>>> “This project puts New Mexico and Universal Hydrogen at the center of
>>> the global effort to decarbonize transportation and aviation in
>>> particular,” Lujan Grisham said in a statement. “Hydrogen, solar, wind and
>>> alternative energy are job-rich industries and New Mexico’s partnerships
>>> with these companies are part of a forward-thinking model to create a
>>> robust and diversified economy, while being a part of the solution when it
>>> comes to a changing climate.”
>>>
>>>
>>> *BY KEVIN ROBINSON-AVILA / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER
>>> <https://www.abqjournal.com/author/krobinson-avila>*
>>>
>>> PUBLISHED: THURSDAY, MARCH 10TH, 2022 AT 2:47PM
>>> UPDATED: THURSDAY, MARCH 10TH, 2022 AT 2:52PM
>>>
>>>
>>> <https://www.abqjournal.com/2478078/international-firm-to-invest-254m-in-abq-hydrogen-factory.html?utm_source=single-post-notification&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=International%20firm%20to%20invest%20$254M%20in%20ABQ%20hydrogen%20factory&utm_edition=202203102152>
>>>
>>> Universal Hydrogen — an international company with modular hydrogen
>>> storage technology for planes, ground transportation and heavy
>>> manufacturing — will invest $254 million in a new manufacturing and
>>> distribution center at the Albuquerque International Sunport, potentially
>>> employing up to 500 people, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Thursday
>>> afternoon.The state will contribute $10 million in Local Economic
>>> Development Act funding for the project, which could have a $700 million
>>> economic impact here over the next 10 years, according to the Governor’s
>>> Office, which held a news conference Thursday at Hotel Albuquerque in Old
>>> Town to announce the project.
>>>
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