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    Hydrogen Will Not Save Us. Here's Why.

    Sabine Hossenfelder

    2 HN recommenders · recommended in 3 months, 2023

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    20:02 · 2.4M views · Jan 14, 2023

    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.

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

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    3 comments from Hacker News

    1. @nazgul17Jan 2023· in “'A complete failure' Japan's 'fantasy' hydrogen strategy does nothing”

      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

      RecommendsView on HN
    2. @funnymonyJun 2023· in “Wind-to-Hydrogen Production Reaches Deep Water”

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

      RecommendsView on HN
    3. @otikikMar 2023· in “Germany refuses to agree to EU ban on new fossil fuel cars from 2035”

      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

      CitesView on HN