A few days ago, Craig Parker of Ethical Advisers Funds Management in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, reached out to me to get some input. He and his firm had been asked as a local ethical investment and ESG focused fund management organization to provide input on Queensland’s hydrogen strategy, which like so many such strategies today is heavy on hydrogen for energy.
Hydrogen demand projection through 2100, chart by author
He had some initial ideas, but knew that I was critical of a lot of the hydrogen economy hype which has seen a resurgence in recent years. I’d done the projection in the graph above in 2021 and refined it a couple of times since based on conversations and feedback from global experts, and think it’s closer to right than most. This is an expanded version of my quick email response to him to assist him to provide input to Queensland policy makers.
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Queensland Australia Has A Fossil Fuel Revenue Problem & Wants Hydrogen To Solve It
