Hans Ehrbar writes: > turns renewable energy into hydrogen by electrolysis and > then the hydrogen into methane (using CO2 from the air!) for > feeding it into the natural gas pipelines. The efficiency
. . . . . > transmission lines do not exist. But the natural gas > network does exist, therefore SolarFuel's strategy is > feasible. How much loss of gas is there during the transmission through these pipelines? This is not a rhetorical question; I'm actually hoping for information on what losses can be expected. I ask, because if there is merely 1-2% loss of methane during transmission, indeed 1-2% loss into the atmosphere over the entire cycle including the original production of methane, any storage of the methane, the transmission through pipelines, and the final burning of it for energy, then wouldn't the whole procedure be pointless, indeed disastrous, considering how much more potent methane is as a global warming gas than carbon dioxide? -- Joseph Green _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
