Commentary
Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest, an Australian businessman, has made headlines frequently in the last two years, raving about the merits of green hydrogen and declaiming with equally unrestrained fervour the ridiculousness of blue hydrogen.
For the most part, it seems to be a one-man crusade—much of the rest of the industry is happy with both blue and green and perhaps even pink or turquoise. And for everyday Australians, the idea that hydrogen comes in various colours is totally foreign anyway.
First, let’s provide some definitions. The “colour” scheme for hydrogen relates to the process by which the hydrogen was made….