well its good news but its an experiment that they are saying will have product in 2026.
Rome wasnât built in one day. Every journey starts with the first step.
Do you suggest doing nothing if you cannot do everything immediately?
Baby steps yet. There is a way to go yet from pig iron to steel and we canât mine electricity or hydrogen. Maybe a nuclear powered steel works?
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Yes Baby steps, but even baby step are better than no steps.
If nobody dare to take the first step, we never get anywhere.
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Seems to me carbon free anything is all about headlines rather than results.
Then even when you start a project its all about subsidy and tax breaks.
Subsidy is another word for government preformed or supported work. Tax breaks? Take that up with your representative.
Basic research has been done for many years by government, industry takes advantage of that research and monopolizes it. Industry will NOT put in the time and effort in basic research because they have to show a profit quickly. Expensive long term research is hard to explain to investors.
Examples of government research being used by corporations?
Fracking,seismic imaging for fossils fuels, baby formula, GPS, MRI, advanced prosthetics, most medicines and many others were all derived from basic research by government funded agencies or laboratories. The discoveries were then turned over to corporations which monetized them.
Eventually government funded basic research will find answers to the problem of burning carbon based fuels for energy and you can bet the carbon producers will be the biggest champions of the new technology and make the biggest profits from it. That is why I still hold stock in a couple of oil companies. They might today be in the oil business but they are definitely forever in the money making business.
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your typical data over wireless technology was invented by an Australian gov dept but it still takes fees from that technology.
Thats how gov should work.
Carbon levy for shipping. A good idea ??:
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/is-a-shipping-carbon-levy-on-the-way/
Methanol is a step towards zero carbon emission, but not the answer:
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/methanol-bunkering-to-aid-shippings-decarbonization-ambitions-industry-experts/
Not sure it sails are either, since it is not likely that this will be the only available mean of propulsion on large ships:
LNG is also just a step in the right direction, but better than doing nothing I suppose:
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According to an article in gcaptain news today the ship will be 25 m. (82 ft) LOA and carry 7000 cars. (It must be toy cars in that case):
Actually the ship will be 200 m LOA and carry 6000 PCU:
Scrubbers 2.0. New ideas:
Of course Scrubbers doesnât remove GHG from the exhaust, but is still seen as âa step in the right directionâ-
Scrubbers combined with CO2 capture, storage and disposal MAY be a solution though.
World Shipping Council (WSC) doesnât like that the EU want to include international shipping in their proposed Emission Trading Scheme:
Ammonia MAY be the leading Marine Fuel of the future:
DNV-GL also calls for a Carbon Taxes on shipping:
Not only big oil companies are getting into the renewable energy market, but also large oil service companies:
https://www.offshore-energy.biz/italian-players-team-up-to-work-on-energy-transition-technologies/#:~:text=Italian%20oilfield%20services%20provider%20Saipem,and%20CO2%20capture%20and%20reuse.
Hydrogen as marine fuel are getting more and more attention and ways to make green hydrogen is imperative to reach the Zero carbon goal in shipping.
Solstad is betting on hybrid conversions to stay competitive and to reach the 2050 goal:
They are probably not using this brand of battery packs:
But if this should prove a good technical and economical solution, why not?
It is imperative to start early to prepare a ship for low carbon footprint, therefore a simulator that can predict this already on the design stadium is important:
Hafnia bets on Methanol as future marine fuel:
EU Parliament vote for a carbon tax on shipping: