alt Hacker NewsAmmonia is not going to happen. Sorry. There's no way we're going to allow floating chemical weapons maintained by shipping companies that not just cut corners but angle-grind them.
Methane works perfectly well for shipping. It's cheap, abundant, and we already have all the infrastructure for it.
And to fully decarbonize it, we'll just shift to biogas or power-to-gas.
> Methane works perfectly well for shipping. It's cheap, abundant, and we already have all the infrastructure for it. > > And to fully decarbonize it, we'll just shift to biogas or power-to-gas.
There is nowhere close to enough biogas for ocean going vessel. Methane has got into the focus due to methane slip. And fossil methane only allow a limited CO2 reduction vs Marine Diesel oil. It won't be enough to reach 2030 IMO target on CO2 reduction.