Wasn't it a fantastic election ?

[Juliar]

ScoMo, Australia's answer to Donald Trump, is sitting pretty looking down with disdain at Shorty kicking in the garbage bag where the voters shoved him after Bob Brown upset the ADANI residents.

[Juliar]

Geez the war between Setka the union God Person and the Schoolboy and that Commo Socialist Extremist Feminazi Sheila is hotting up.

Setka is banning payments to Labor which leaves Labor with a big debt left after their election loss.

Will Shorty use this kerfuffle to retake the Labor leader position and keep Labor in OPPOSITION for the next 30 years ?

[Black Orchid]

I don't see ScoMo as Australia's answer to Donald Trump but time will tell what he is made of.

[Juliar]

Well ScoMo has already got the experts looking at the 1st HELE clean coal power station presumably up in Nth Qld. That is Trump stuff.

Now that Labor will be in OPPOSITION for the next 20 years ScoMo has got time to get real development started.


Morrison kicks decision on Queensland coal plant well down the road
Author Michelle Grattan Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra March 26, 2019 7.37pm AEDT



The study would “identify viable locations for firm generation including coal, gas, pumped hydro, and biomass opportunities, including Collinsville and Gladstone.” Nickj/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

The government has given modest comfort to the coal lobby within its ranks by including a NSW upgrade project in its short list for underwriting, and promising to study the feasibility of a coal-fired power station in Queensland.

The study would evaluate projects in north and central Queensland. These “include but are not limited to a new HELE coal project in Collinsville, upgrades of existing generators as well as gas and hydro projects”.

The feasibility study effectively kicks the issue down the road, while giving the Queensland Nationals something to trumpet, and reducing the pressure from them on Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

Resources Minister Matt Canavan, who is from north Queensland, tweeted: “Power prices are too high in North Queensland. That’s why we are backing new power projects, including coal, that will increase supply and bring down prices”.

Read all about this exciting Trump like endeavor here

https://theconversation.com/morrison-ki ... oad-114307

[Juliar]

When will ScoMo grant a subsidy to Hazer the HYDROGEN Generator ?

Swinging over to hydrogen will give Australia a leading edge in this future fuel system which will take over when oil gets scarce.

And it will also reduce Australia's dependency on imported fuel and thus improve Australia's security.




Hazer is hoping hydrogen could become the ASX’s next big thing Energy
August 28, 2018 | Angela East


A hydrogen car refuels at a filling station. Pic: Getty

The push to scale up Australia’s hydrogen industry has stepped up a gear — and at least one ASX player is hoping it will be the ASX’s next big thing.

The CSIRO recently demonstrated it could refuel two fuel cell vehicles and has also released what is essentially a “blueprint” for the development of the hydrogen industry.

Earlier in August, CSIRO chief Larry Marshall was one of the first to ride in the Toyota Mirai and Hyundai Nexo vehicles powered by ultra-high purity hydrogen, produced in Queensland using the national science agency’s membrane technology.

The membrane separates ultra-high purity hydrogen from ammonia, while blocking all other gases.

The technology will pave the way for bulk hydrogen to be transported in the form of ammonia, using existing infrastructure, and then reconverted back to hydrogen at the point of use.

The market potential for hydrogen is huge.

The global market is worth $US130 billion ($177.6 billion) and the industry is forecast to grow to $US2.5 trillion by 2050, according to a recent Morgan Stanley report.


Hazer Group (ASX:HZR) shares over the past year.

Dr Patrick Hartley, director of CSIRO’s Hydrogen Future Science Platform, says hydrogen has very diverse applications across the energy and industry sectors.

“Essentially it can be used to decarbonise a whole range of different parts of the energy system and industry sectors,” he told Stockhead.

“One of the key opportunities for Australia actually is exporting hydrogen.”

Several countries – the main ones being Japan and South Korea – are investigating how they can decarbonise their energy imports.

“They are big importers, they really rely on imported fossil fuels to power their economy,” Dr Hartley said.

“So they’re looking at how they can de-carbonise their import industry and that provides opportunities for Australia, with both renewable and fossil resources to produce hydrogen and then export it.”

Hazer Group (ASX:HZR) is one of the few ASX-listed players dabbling in hydrogen.

The company has a developed a technology for producing hydrogen and graphite from natural gas and iron ore.

One of Hazer’s goals is to be the first to supply hydrogen to the Australian market using its own technology.

“Generally, hydrogen in Australia is produced by industries for use within their own processes (captive hydrogen), such as the production of ammonia and petrochemical refining,” Dr Andrew Cornejo, co-founder, inventor and chief technical officer, told Stockhead.

“There is a small ‘merchant’ market in Perth which is currently imported from Melbourne.

“Ideally Hazer would like to service this market with hydrogen produced from its future demonstration plant, and would also like to use surplus hydrogen to pioneer hydrogen uses in the energy sector, such as hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and natural gas decarbonising ventures.”

Hazer aims to have a demonstration plant producing hydrogen in 2020.

https://stockhead.com.au/energy/hazer-i ... big-thing/

[sprintcyclist]

Yes, it was a great election
Mr Morrison goes about business. He does not 'do' the political games.

[Outlaw Yogi]

Well the election was a bit of a no brainer IMO .. except of course for the lefty wishful thinkers.

Hydrogen to run cars?
I'm of the opinion that sooner or later we'll have no choice but to do so.
Petroleum oil as supplies diminish will become too valuable for making essential chemicals to burn to get from A to B.

I note mention of CSIRO stating they can refill 2 hydrogen fuel cells blah blah.

Fuel cells will make good replacements for petrol & diesel generators in stationary applications, but are too heavy (catalyst is platinum) combined with a battery bank to achieve a decent power to weight ratio.

Internal combustion engines run just fine on hydrogen, and satisfy the climate changers complaint by being CO2 free.
Rotary engines (no backfiring) run better than piston engines (needs detuning a touch).
On board storage requires kevlar or ceramic cylinders as hydrogen atoms being so small (smallest in existence) literally leak though steel cylinder walls.



https://www.corvetteonline.com/news/ecc ... -corvette/

[Juliar]

OY, Toyota already has commercially ready hydrogen powered cars for sale.

All that is holding them back is infrastructure.

California already has hydrogen service stations and hydrogen cars running around.

Fuel cells are used as they are much more efficient than a conventional car engine.

Hydrogen's big advantage is that it can be used for cars as well as large trucks and large industrial machinery and it has quick refuel time.

The hydrogen tank is a fibrous contraption and is pressurized. A bit like a LPG or LNG tank.

There is a huge amount of research going on to clean up the loose ends for the hydrogen revolution.

[Outlaw Yogi]

OY, Toyota already has commercially ready hydrogen powered cars for sale.

Mazda and BMW have had them on the market since the mid 2000s.

Mazda's RX8 sold on the Japanese market have duel fuel systems.
A tank for petrol and a cylinder for hydrogen.

One day I might have one of the Jap RX8s imported, then fit the doors off an Australian released RX8 to comply with ADRs.

I'm assuming the Toyota is an IC engine vehicle like the BMW and Mazda? .. and not a hydrogen fuel celled vehicle? .. which is actually just another electric car concept.

[Juliar]

It is sort of self defeating using hydrogen in a 30% efficiency ICE. Also special oil has to be used just like LPG as hydrogen has no lubrication.

The catalytic converter has an efficiency of around 70% which is why it is used.

Also this way it is a hybrid with an internal battery just like a Toyota Camry hybrid. Much more economical.

All that is holding back hydrogen is the infrastructure.