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The Transportation of Carbon Dioxide and Hydrogen—Where They Fit Into a Low‐Carbon Energy Policy
Author(s) -
Smead Richard G.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
climate and energy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2692-3823
pISSN - 2692-3831
DOI - 10.1002/gas.22243
Subject(s) - subsidy , government (linguistics) , work (physics) , low carbon economy , investment (military) , business , production (economics) , hydrogen economy , climate change , environmental economics , industrial organization , economics , market economy , engineering , hydrogen fuel , political science , mechanical engineering , ecology , linguistics , philosophy , macroeconomics , chemical engineering , politics , law , biology , fuel cells
This month's column is largely a discussion of issues that need to be addressed for those participants involved in US energy production to make a low‐ or carbon‐free future work. Government at the national and state levels can set aggressive goals and provide funding for research, subsidies for investment and purchases, etc. However it is not the government that has to accomplish the final objectives of energy reliability and climate‐change leadership. It is an industry composed of legacy companies and new companies, big (very big) companies, and small companies, working in a mostly competitive environment to remain relevant if they're useful and to find comprehensive solutions in how to transition from a primarily carbon‐based power economy to an economy that produces the same amount of energy safely, reliably, and flexibly to do the same gigantic job as today, but without carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions.