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The way things are going, knowing nothing about anything but being confident in my assumptive powers, i promise you this isn't going to be used for "energy," it'll be used as fertilizer feedstock as the global oil economy shits itself to death
You could be a bit less confident in your assumptive powers and a bit more confident in your ability to read about the industry, which everyone is capable of doing. Hydrogen isn't just free fertilizer (a bad thing?), it's used in glass, ceramics, steel, and high-end semiconductor etching (purifies the chamber where they zap rocks real good and smart 😌), and it's an important chemical feedstock, hence why China is building an industry around partially-recyclable (competitive with hydrogen fuel cell compression energy cost) ammonia that is useful both as energy storage and feedstock. This may horrify you, but it can even be used to cut a fraction of the emissions from gasoline
Wrong to assume Vietnam lacks the industry to transform this energy in the first place, or that fertilizer is going to be misused in a desperate recovery from the terrorist usage of Rainbow Herbicides/Pesticides. This is beyond degrowth, "touch grass" as they say.
Dawg do you know what's going on in the middle east
Ever heard of the haber bosch process
Ever heard of fertilizer
Alright, let me come back when I have the patience to explain the entirety of Vietnam's petrochemical industry to you. Seems like you imagine Senegal. Christ, lay off the weed.
P.S. when it comes to Warcraft references, my name is cooler.
where's Vietnam going to get its fertilizer as the strait of hormuz remains closed and global shortages cause literal worldwide famine
Are they going to use this hydrogen to produce energy and then... use that energy... to produce the hydrogen needed in order to literally prevent the starvation of the majority of the country?
Or do you think their domestic natural gas is gonna do the job, when it's already insufficient to meet domestic needs under conditions where it isn't all desperately needed to avoid famine
I imagine a country in a world where over half the global population needs nitrogen fixed by the haber bosch process to literally have enough food to survive having problems when there is a sudden global shortage of inputs required for said process
It's nice to have a good laugh in these dark times. Vietnam isn't stressed by this crisis in the way you imagine, especially not on fertilizer. Urea plants are designed to keep running at a high volume, there is plenty of surplus for the rapid industrial growth and the fertilizer needs of regional partners, although I'm guessing by now you think a socialist competitor in the fertilizer trade is a bad thing. I'm really giving you too much effort in these replies already, I assumed someone bothering to reply might actually be interested in the subject. Let me give you some advice for the meantime: do basic research before talking about global trade.
If you're looking for dependency links in SEA catastrophically damaged by Qatar's flailing, take a look at RoK and Singapore. Not exactly interested in industrial and agricultural self-sufficiency!
Lol, lmao, Vietnam, famously not part of the world economy
You blaming Qatar for this is the most wtf shit anyone has ever said
You are very arrogant for someone who knows they haven't spent even an hour reading about Vietnam.
lmao ok
Now go check everything I just said and ask yourself what compelled you to assert your superior judgment over the CPV in preparing for an oil crisis, without even understanding that Vietnam has a notable petrochemical industry far more complex than importing LPG for steam cracking and natgas for fertilizer like other parts of SEA, and looks after the needs of its citizens, yes, even including fuel and chemicals. Some countries both import and export things they need. 🤯 Blatant ignorance because you're used to being surrounded by it, very far off from polite curiosity. You didn't even stop to check what I was saying because the idea of Vietnam's self-sufficiency just incenses your poor Greta Thunberg heart. Goodnight (or whatever).
Such jealousy is easily resolved with books. I told you to get lost twice already, so please actually try should you come back on another account, or you will catch another block.