But using our most vulnerable communities as testing grounds for experimental solutions is not an acceptable cost, especially when those solutions are part of a last-ditch effort to prolong our reliance on fossil fuels.
Hydrogen is by no means a clean energy panacea. Blending hydrogen into existing pipelines makes pipes brittle and vulnerable to cracking. Burning it for use emits a dangerous pollutant, nitrogen dioxide, into homes.
It is unconscionable that, once again, poorer communities are forced to be guinea pigs for an experiment.
Without guardrails for sourcing its renewable energy, green hydrogen can still indirectly contribute emissions by cannibalizing renewable energy from other sources that would be using it otherwise.
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