BBCNEWS BBC News December 6, 2021 04:20:00
Transport liquefied hydrogen. but that hydrogen is being made from coal. 100km north of tokyo, huge mountains of coal shipped here mainly from australia. at the moment, japan imports close to 200 million tons of coal a year. japan knows it can't carry on doing this and so instead, it's going to convert the coal to either hydrogen or ammonia in faraway australia, and then ship those here. it's what the industry calls �*blue hydrogen' and �*blue ammonia'. the conversion process still creates lots and lots of carbon dioxide, but that co2 will not count as japanese emissions. instead, in theor...