Scepticism over businessman's 'clean' coal-to-hydrogen project in Tasmania's Fingal Valley

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A Queensland businessman who says his success is a result of 'doing God's will, God's way' plans to re-open a coal mine to fuel a hydrogen plant, and claims it will be the world's first clean coal-to-hydrogen project.

abc.net.au/news/fingal-valley-coal-to-hydrogen-project-sparks-scepticism/101476614A businessman who says his success is a result of "doing God's will, God's way" plans to re-open a coal mine in Tasmania's Fingal Valley to fuel a hydrogen plant, claiming it will be the world's first clean coal-to-hydrogen project.

"There's a huge market brewing now; we've already signed deals in South Africa in the Musina-Makhardo Special Economic Zone."Tasmanian Greens leader Cassy O'Connor said the project "would be a disaster for the climate because coal mines are huge methane emitters". Mr Hodgson said the methane from the Fingal Valley was "next to nil" and that by the time he expanded interstate, he was confident technology would be available to capture and store methane.Senior research fellow at the Australian National University's Engineering School Fiona Beck said the amount of fugitive emissions associated with a mine depended on the method of mining, the details of the deposit, and whether the emissions were being measured and captured properly.

Mineral Resources Tasmania said they had not yet received a revised mining plan since the lease was granted. "So, for every investment that's being made in a fossil fuel-based process, it's also important to think about where else could that money going, and is that locking us into decades longer of fossil fuel use and all the fugitive emissions that are associated with that."On the streets of nearby town St Marys, locals were unaware of Mr Hodgson's plans.

 

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'God's will ' , religious nutter

The green scams are comming who would have thought?

Aren’t there enough taxpayers in Tasmania to fund it?

This clean energy initiative is NOT ABC approved

Where’s the ABC reports detailing experts’ scepticism over bird choppers, short life solar panels & EVs ?

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