Renewables and "Green Hydrogen"

One of the hardest elements of the cyberpunk future to nail down seems to have been fuel.

Here in Withmore we have ethicol.

Mike Pondsmith came up with CHOOH2 for the original CP2020.

There is a big push right now for hydrogen.

This article about what Australia is doing is pretty amazing. The dual renewable sources of solar and wind to generate a fairly consistent, 24x7 baseline power is out there on the right side of the curve in terms of renewables. That they are doubling down on that to run electrolyzers is even cooler.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/nov/14/green-giants-the-massive-projects-that-could-make-australia-a-clean-energy-superpower

I for one would welcome our Solar Panel Deploying, Badlands Dominating Overlords. Maybe trained dune dragons guarding solar panel farms. And of course, the requisite Grid 2.0 integration with the power grid.