The Biden administration put $7 billion into "hydrogen hubs." Critics smell a boondoggle.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/11/biden-administration-billion-clean-hydrogen-hubs-chester-pennsylvania-delaware-valley-jobs-criticism-boondoggle/

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Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 27 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Boondoggle. What's the hullabaloo about this tomfoolery? It's all gobbledygook to me.

KnightontheSun@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y (1 reply)

This hubbub may evolve into a kerfuffle or a donnybrook.

proper@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y
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ODGreen@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 1y

Embattled plan called "malarkey" by experts.

ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 1y

pshh. what a waste. all you have to do is dunk your head underwater and breathe in the oxygen.

bam: two free hydrogen.

Omgboom@lemmy.zip · 14 pts · 1y

Don't they know that government funds are meant for corporate bailouts??

MonkCanatella@slrpnk.net · 8 pts · 1y

hydrogen is just a fossil fuel investment. yeah let's just keep pouring money and resources into hydrogen, which requires natural gas for production in 95% of cases. We'll get to green hydrogen later, after we've left you with the bag

MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 1y

NIMBYs everywhere, go figure.

The "blue hydrogen", "produced from natural gas which is then sequestered" bit is a ridiculous stretch though. Forcing byproducts back into the ground is one of the "justifications"/"pros" for fracking.

riodoro1@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

What else? solar freaking roadways?

hypna@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y

You can't ask the government to drive innovation and take on difficult challenges if people keep labelling everything that might not work out a boondoggle. The IRA was like $800 billion. It's okay if 7 is spent on a longshot.