Comments by "David H" (@DavidHalko) on "Could Spain Become the Great European Gas Hub? - VisualPolitik EN" video.

@yurichtube1162 - Spain has Morocco natural gas line, liquefied natural gas depot, and Algerian natural gas line, and Morocco power line. All Morocco has to do is get into the hydrogen business, ship it to Europe via Spain, and this could be an amazing opportunity for both nations. Algeria has to figure out what they are going to do.
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@yurichtube1162 - “beg Russia” No. Time to go big on Hydrogen, and fill those natural gas pipelines with it. If everyone does at at the same time, it can happen.
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Just because France employs worker in Morocco & French is the language of commerce in Morocco since French Colonization… it does not mean there is not also a special relationship with Spain, as the relationship between US & Mexico is special. Morocco is closer to being a border country with Spain, than Morocco is with France. The Moors from Morocco invaded Spain, not long after Morocco was conquered by the Arabs & Islamized. On 1492, Spain officially threw off the yoke of the invading Moors. Later, central Morocco became a protectorate of France, while the North of Morocco and Western Sahara became protectorates of Spain. This seems key to understanding Spain’s recognition of West Sahara becoming part of Morocco… Spain used to administer it, there is a good relationship between Spain & Morocco, some Spanish cities remain in Morocco, and if natural gas is found in West Sahara… Spain has those historical relationships with Morocco (and the pipeline) to make future gas harvesting flow to Europe. Also, Morocco has a huge undersea power cable to Spain. Also Morocco has the opportunity to create green hydrogen via solar and ship it to Europe via Spain’s undersea pipeline. Morocco has historic ties that pre-date & post-date French colonialism… even if French is the main language of commerce in Morocco.
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Morocco can crack & ship hydrogen to Europe via Spain, just as Morocco is sending electricity to Europe via Spain, via undersea pipeline & power line. Hydrogen has a bright future, as it can be conducted in existing natural gas pipelines.
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@yurichtube1162 - “hydrogen is created through natural gas” It can be, but that is a dumb way to create it, since natural gas holds a lot more energy before it is broken down to create hydrogen. Solar & Wind farms can be used to break water down to hydrogen & oxygen, where the hydrogen can be shipped to Spain & Europe: Unreliable & non-portable energy like Solar & Wind can be made reliable & more portable, by storing & shipping as H2, to be used elsewhere through fuel cells or combustion:
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@HedgehogZone - “cheaper to build gas ports in Germany” But Germany did not, they gave themselves a way to be blackmailed by Russia, and this gave Russia the comfort & assurance to believe they could invade a neighboring country without significant consequences. Unfortunately, Russia was right, since Russia is still earning more than enough money from their energy sales to fund the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. A Germany gas port would have been cheap insurance, to make Russia uncertain about their revenue stream to support an invasion. The lack of gas port contributed to the reasons for invasion, and Germany was repeatedly warned.
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@yurichtube1162 - “Western Sahara… Morocco… Algeria is pissed” Algeria was conquered & colonized by the Ottoman Empire, Morocco & West Sahara were not… Algeria has no reason to be pissed. I know people whose family were killed by government thugs In Morocco, and they were not revolutionaries, just merely religious non-conformists. “EU are snakes who can’t be trusted… overthrow Algerian leadership” Like Russia, who: - sent soldiers into Ukrainian territory last decade, violating RU/UK/US international treaty with Ukraine - invading Ukraine again this decade violating RU/UK/US international treaty with Ukraine While the EU looks for political change when a problem is seen, RU looks for colonization when a problem is seen. “0 trust here” There is negative trust of Russian imperialists… While NATO was waning, repeated invasions & colonization of Ukraine by Russia just made NATO relevant, for the first time since the Cold War. In the case of Algeria, there has been no example of EU colonizing anyone, since it’s instantiation. Nations have to go through an application process, and nations can leave (ie Brexit.) It is silly for Algeria to have any recent historical concern regarding the EU, in relation to what is happening with RU
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@yurichtube1162 - “covering the desert with solar panels” Does not have to be panels, can be mirrored panels driving a boiler and generator. If the power is converted to a stored medium, like hydrogen, by cracking water, which is storable, it can meet industrial needs. Salt harvesting across North Africa is a thousand year ritual. The brine waste has value. Lithium can also be mined from it. Morocco can mix extra non-useful brine, cleaned of lithium, onto existing salt flats or into the Atlantic Ocean. Morocco has amazing potential… as well as their peoples.
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@yurichtube1162 - “hydrogen stores energy” Just like batteries do. “Hydrogen is created through…” Cracking water, and returns to water upon oxidation, so is infinitely renewable.
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@gregorytheblackkitten9422 - “you seem to be very knowledgeable about this” I know a little bit about this since the Americas was “discovered” by Spain on the same year they gained their independence from the Moors. Just because people toggle between colonizers and colonies, like Spain & Morocco, does not mean the cultural bounds disappear. In the same way, the UK & US still have strong cultural bounds, even though the UK largely colonized them (and Spain and France), yet the US helped bail the UK (and Spain and France) out of two world wars. “where are you from?” I am from The American Colonies, but don’t start thinking that most Americans are like me, my ethnicity is not Western European. The separation from ethnicity helps me see things more clearly for what they really are, without bigotry or personal hard feelings or guilt / self hatred. Things are what they are, we have to get over them, appreciate the lessons learned, and continue:.. no earthly civilization past had figured this much stuff (go to the moon, wired communication, wireless communication, going to Mars, sending craft able to communicate with us from outside the solar system, etc.) Forgiveness of people towards each other offers opportunities for the future. Repentance & Forgiveness drives Restoration & Reward for all parties in all relationships… from personal to national levels.
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@Gnashercide - “o just build nuclear plan in europe” I don’t disagree. There has to be Will to do it. The dumb seem to want to depend on energy sources that can not be stored for a rainy day or a quiet day. Some day, they will figure it out.
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