'Low-Carbon Product' Promoted By COP28 President 3 Times More Damaging Than 'Regular' Fuels

02 Dec 2023 | Abstracted from Euronews

"...blue hydrogen, let alone blue ammonia, it seemed like a scam, quite frankly...Ammonia is a colourless gas made up of hydrogen and nitrogen...acts as a carrier fuel for hydrogen. It allows for safer and more efficient storage of hydrogen...Its production can emit three times more greenhouse gases than diesel, and two-and-a-half times more than coal or natural gas...This high number mainly comes from methane leakage in the production process."

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