"Switching to hydrogen increases the amount of primary electricity required by 40% (compared to heat pumps) but is deliverable using much of the existing gas distribution and storage infrastructure (subject to modification). “Heat pumps reduce the amount of energy needed significantly but requires the heat pump industry to increase in size by a factor of 100 and the electrical distribution grid to deliver twice what it does today. So the question arises: is the future of transport electricity or hydrogen or something else?Īn excerpt from Patrick Benham-Crossewell’s study highlights the key points of the debate on energy: Specialist advisors recommend waiting five years before even thinking of switching. The switch to electric cars, in the UK at least, is way off target. Some EU countries announced last week that they will co-operate on hydrogen production. Patrick is a business advisor and expert on energy and is the author of a recent bookon plans to reduce Britain’s net emissions to zero by 2050. Statements by leading politicians and EU officials are all to often loaded with errors and misjudgements. This sort of thing is not limited to Boris Johnson. This was rapidly ruled illegal by the UN and civil servants in the Home Office were reported to be objecting on the grounds that it would be impractical and to costly. As our assesment of politics, economics and the war in Ukraine progressed one of the group - Patrick Benham-Crosswell - came up with an equally apt truism: “Pessimism is based on information”.įollowing our discussion Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a scheme to forward cross-Channel migrants to Rwanda. The observation was made by a Russian friend during a group discussion on the state of the world and society. Often attributed to Russian actress Faina Ranevskaya the statement is no doubt recognised now however in the Kremlin, following the initial military disasters in Ukraine. The title is something that rings ever more true in Europe and around the world but seldom is it recognised or taken into account that optimism can often be attributed to a lack of information. Posted on 'Optimism is lack of information,' writes Chris White
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