Australian Gas Infrastructure Group's green hydrogen gas blend reaches Gladstone customers
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-03/renewable-gas-blend-flows-to-gladstone-customers/105482274
This article contains an astonishing amount of bullshit from the fossil fuel lobby.
Cathryn McArthur is the main offender, with breathtaking lies such as:
- Ms McArthur said customers had been using the product at no additional cost. The total cost of the project was $6.48 million, which included a $2.73 million contribution from the Queensland government.
This means taxpayers have already footed the bill for part of it, and customers will be charged by the gas company for the rest of the cost.
- "This [Gladstone] project is a real-world demonstration of the potential of renewable gas. It's here, it's real, it's viable and it works."
It's not viable without government hand-outs. And she should know the laws of physics would disagree with pumping hydrogen through through existing pipes into homes.
- "It is a 10 per cent blend but you've got to start somewhere, and hopefully one day we will see that at 100 per cent."
No. Just no. The gas company might be trying to put 10% hydrogen into the pipe at the factory, but due to leakages, not all that hydrogen makes it to the other end of the pipe. And there is no way in hell people will be cooking with 100% hydrogen in domestic kitchens. Again, that's not how physics works.
- Ms McArthur said the company had planned and costed for minor modifications to its existing network which would allow them to distribute 100 per cent green hydrogen.
Cathryn McArthur is wrong again. For this to work, the gas company will need to replace their entire distribution infrastructure -- every pipe, pipe-fitting, valve, sensor, and gas-meter. Then you replace your home appliances for cooking, heating, and hot water.
It's greenwashing by the Australian Gas Infrastructure Group (AGIG) to prolong the use of fossil gas in Australia. They're not serious about tackling climate change. They're using Green Hydrogen and "carbon neutral" as a smokescreen to keep pushing their pollution until 2050.
This announcement at the Hydrogen Park Gladstone facility was timed to deflect attention from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) saying gas companies are making false claims and greenwashing.
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