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Pressurized Steel, Missing Demand: Germany’s Hydrogen Backbone In Energy Flows

10 min read

The German hydrogen backbone without customers or suppliers—a pipeline from nowhere to nowhere—is real steel in the ground, pressurized and defended as inevitable, yet it is being built for an energy system that does not need it. That claim sounds provocative until the energy flows are laid out in full. … [continued]

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The Complex Process Of An Urban Water Supply System

7 min read

Have you ever thought about where your water comes from? The question occurred to me when I moved to a southeastern condo community. In my former rural New England home, we had an artesian well. Now we are part of an urban water supply system, and I became curious about the … [continued]

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Germany’s Hydrogen Backbone & the Long Shadow of Russian Gas

12 min read

Germany’s newly pressurized hydrogen backbone segment with no suppliers and no customers is often described as a clean break from the past, a necessary early investment in a future hydrogen economy. The steel tells a different story. The route, diameter, age, and economics of the pipeline point back to Russian … [continued]

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