Deal maker The JCB heir banking on hydrogen
The Guardian|December 23, 2021
In a video filmed before the UK hosted the Cop26 climate conference, Boris Johnson strolls alongside Jo Bamford and his father, the JCB boss, Anthony Bamford.
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Deal maker The JCB heir banking on hydrogen

Behind them is a JCB digger, and a big green bus is parked just across from the Houses of Parliament for a photocall. The prime minister quizzes the men about the economics of switching engines from fossil fuel to hydrogen. "It's the same cost as running it on diesel,” Jo Bamford replies. “It's already the same."

The video, posted on Instagram by Jo Bamford's gas distribution company, Ryze Hydrogen, in October, shows the privileged access the businessman enjoyed while lobbying for hydrogen to take a central place in Britain's transition from fossil fuels.

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