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MORNING WORD, OCT. 26:

“GOV. NET-ZERO EMISSIONS FOR NM BY 2050”

HYDROGEN IS A DEAD END

Net-zero emissions is a laudable goal for New Mexico, but the governor and New Mexicans should know that hydrogen is a dead end, and heading down that path will ultimately be worse for our emissions.

Hydrogen vehicles have been abandoned as a transitional path by the auto industry, and the only people still bullish about it as a “transition fuel” are natural gas producers.

In addition, a recent peer-reviewed study in Energy Science & Engineering shows that so-called “blue” hydrogen (produced with natural gas) is worse for the climate than coal (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/ full/10.1002/ese3.956).

The governor needs to listen to New Mexicans who want a livable future, and not the oil and gas industry. JOHNNEMANN NORDHAGEN SANTA FE

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WARHEAD FACTORY

Thank you for publishing the two-page spread detailing information about the secret plutonium warhead factory being built by LANL with no ability by residents to have any input in how resources are used.

New Mexico and the world do not need these polluting death projects. The construction jobs expose workers and residents to radiation poisoning. We need to use financial and human resources to build affordable housing, create affordable childcare, and support social programs for unhoused people. NANCY KING SANTA FE

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