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by pjc50 755 days ago
Ironically this keeps them dependent on oil.

And natural gas; it's clear from https://www.meti.go.jp/shingikai/enecho/shoene_shinene/suiso... that the plan is to get hydrogen from natural gas, with electrolysis as a thin renewable figleaf over the issue of CO2 emissions.

(don't trust any source that describes hydrogen as an "energy source". There is no naturally occurring hydrogen reserve. It is not a source.)

They might be in a better place if TEPCO hadn't messed up their nuclear plant designs in a tsunami zone.