funnymonyJun 2023Recommends
If you have some time: ▶ this video (Sabine Hossenfelder) If I remember video correctly, summary would be: not yet
in “Wind-to-Hydrogen Production Reaches Deep Water” · View on HN
Hydrogen Will Not Save Us. Here's Why.
Hydrogen Will Not Save Us. Here's Why. on HackerTube: recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 separate months, 2023.
Sabine Hossenfelder
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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.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN cites it in hydrogen strategy threads as a concise skeptical summary of why hydrogen is not yet viable.
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“Her point is that it is not a good choice for decarbonization”
What HN commenters said
3 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
nazgul17Jan 2023Recommends
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. ▶ this video
in “'A complete failure' Japan's 'fantasy' hydrogen strategy does nothing” · View on HN
otikikMar 2023Cites it
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). ▶ this video
in “Germany refuses to agree to EU ban on new fossil fuel cars from 2035” · View on HN
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Renewables, batteries & storageClimate policy, solutions & debatehydrogenfuel cellsdecarbonizationenergygreen hydrogen