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It’s better to burn gas than transport hydrogen, Rio Tinto says

Shipping hydrogen long distances is potentially worse for the climate than burning natural gas, prompting Rio Tinto’s chief scientist to say the mining giant will only “produce hydrogen where we consume it”.

Nigel Steward also told Rio shareholders on Wednesday (Thursday AEDT) that hydrogen remained prohibitively expensive, and still required “a technology breakthrough” to get the cost down.