• InverseParallax@lemmy.world
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    20 days ago

    Yeah, but Alaska uses dramatically less energy than… like, everywhere. Given that there are no people and the only industries are either oil or resources.

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      20 days ago

      oil and resource industries are pretty well known for being energy intensive no?

      last i checked industry is the primary energy consumer. Sure there’s less people in alaska, but it was just an example i picked, and the market economics would still be applicable there. If it’s cheaper to buy hydrogen, than it is to produce locally sourced power, that’s going to be what happens.

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        20 days ago

        Not in comparison to… normal things like people and manufacturing.

        And oil is oil, it’s self-powering. Many/most are powered off of the propane out-gassing to dedicated turbines.