Another Hydrogen Perpetual Motion Machine, Steam Reforming of Methanol to Make Hydrogen.

[John ONeill]

1. Michael Liebreich

Michael Liebreich, one of the authors of the hydrogen paper, is a British businessman involved in promoting 'green' projects - he founded Bloomberg New Energy Finance, then sold it to Michael Bloomberg. He runs a weekly podcast, 'Cleaning Up', and regularly baits hydrogen promoters on their lack of prospects. He wrote (on ex-Twitter) that he didn't want resources spent on an H2 supply chain that would later prove wasted. When I suggested the same might apply to wind and solar, I was summarily blocked. Liebreich actually did nuclear engineering (and fluid mechanics) at Cambridge; he has ties to the Conservative Party, but now they're trending against wind farms says he might be left homeless politically. His fellow podcast host, Briony Worthington, is much more pro-nuclear, though she's still enamoured with the usual green stuff. ML is keen on running an undersea power cable from Morocco to Britain, to power the latter when it's Dunkelflauted - he's even put money into the scheme!