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NNadir

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5. If I were in the business of greenwashing fossil fuels as "hydrogen" I would attempt to...

Reply to Caribbeans (Reply #4)

Fri Jan 24, 2025, 04:55 PM

Friday

...downplay public stupidity while relying on it.

I mean one would need to assume public stupidity to play oil and gas rich nations like Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhubai UAE as going "green" because they put in a Potemkin hydrogen facility and put a few solar cells in the desert to make a nice photograph. Yet we see that sort of thing regularly here with accompanying slick videos, clearly from marketing teams.

The United States certainly has a large fraction of easily mislead sheep to be sure. Some of them buy that Donald Trump makes America great and some of them buy the bullshit that hydrogen is "green."

Both concepts rely on dishonesty, poor educations, moral vacuity and false advertising.

Have a nice weekend.

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