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NNadir

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1. Saudi Arabia, like all fossil fuel suppliers, likes to greenwash fossil fuels as "green hydrogen." Wasting fossil...

Reply to Caribbeans (Original post)

Tue Jul 29, 2025, 10:55 PM

Jul 29

...fuels for the thermodynamically appalling practice of greenwashing them - for dishonest bait and switch advertising purposes - isn't "green," but of course, the fossil fuel industry has been very successful at running these scams for years, which is why the growth in their use continues.

Hydrogen isn't "green." Rather it's a thermodynamic nightmare making things worse faster. All the scummy slick ads in the world will not change that fact.

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Saudi Arabia plans massive green hydrogen site twice the size of Neom's plant [View all] Caribbeans Jul 29 OP

Saudi Arabia, like all fossil fuel suppliers, likes to greenwash fossil fuels as "green hydrogen." Wasting fossil... NNadir Jul 29 #1