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Hydrogen Will Not Save Us. Here's Why.

Sabine Hossenfelder · 2.4M views · 2023-01-14 · 20:02

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Overview

Sabine Hossenfelder explains why hydrogen is a poor answer for decarbonization, covering how most hydrogen comes from fossil fuels, the efficiency losses of green hydrogen and reliance on rare metals in fuel cells.

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HN cites it in hydrogen strategy threads as a concise skeptical summary of why hydrogen is not yet viable.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2023–2023

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Renewables, batteries & storageClimate policy, solutions & debate
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What people said

funnymony · 2023-06 · Recommendation

If you have some time: [VIDEO] (Sabine Hossenfelder) If I remember video correctly, summary would be: not yet

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nazgul17 · 2023-01 · Recommendation

Sabine Hossenfelder recently made a video about hydrogen. Her point is that it is not a good choice for decarbonization, but as part of the video she goes though the various "hydrogen colors" and their meaning. [VIDEO]

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otikik · 2023-03 · Reference

Hydrogen, at the moment at least, is anything but green. In 2019 95% of the hydrogen produced globally was coming from fossil fuels (black, gray and brown hydrogen). [VIDEO]

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