Hydrogen Will Not Save Us. Here's Why.
Sabine Hossenfelder2 HN recommenders · recommended in 2 months, 2023-2023
2.4M views · 3 years ago · explainer · dated
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.
22:47Is Nuclear Energy Green?
Sabine Hossenfelder
1M views • 4 years ago
14:58The Truth about Hydrogen
Real Engineering
5.7M views • 8 years ago
17:33Why renewables can’t save the planet | Michael Shellenberger | TEDxDanubia
TEDx Talks
5.7M views • 7 years ago
3:51Carbon Capture Isn't Real
Adam Something
988K views • 4 years ago
15:01The Problem with Biofuels
Real Engineering
2.1M views • 5 years ago
1:32:00You are being misled about renewable energy technology.
Technology Connections
5M views • 9 months ago
52:11Václav Smil at Driva Climate Investment Meeting 2019
Nysnø Klimainvesteringer
38K views • 7 years ago
14:28The Unfortunate Truth About Toyota's Hydrogen V8 Engine
Engineering Explained
2.4M views • 4 years ago
46:48Why Vertical Farming Won't Save the Planet
Utah State University Extension
244K views • 11 years ago
23:11Eating less Meat won't save the Planet. Here's Why
Joseph Everett - WIL
5.8M views • 5 years ago
18:01California's Renewable Energy Problem
Real Engineering
1.6M views • 7 years ago
12:48Can We Terraform the Sahara to Stop Climate Change?
Real Engineering
2.9M views • 8 years ago
12:02Rethinking Energy -- 100% Solar, Wind and Batteries Is Just The Beginning
Tony Seba
90K views • 5 years ago
19:59The Future of Humanity's Energy No One Knows About | Terraform
S3 | Science, Startups, & Stories
228K views • 2 years ago
10:36Carbon Offsets! Can't we just buy our way out of climate change?
Climate Town
415K views • 6 years ago
18:58The Great Stranding: How Inaccurate Mainstream LCOE Estimates are Creating a Trillion-Dollar Bubble
RethinkX
38K views • 5 years ago
1:49:32Jancovici : Will technology save us from Climate Change ? MIT Media Lab - 23/02/2021
Jean-Marc Jancovici
84K views • 5 years ago
15:16Donald Sadoway: The missing link to renewable energy
TED
777K views • 14 years ago
12:59America Was Wrong About Ethanol - Study Shows
Engineering Explained
2.9M views • 4 years ago
1:03:34Tony Seba: Clean Disruption - Energy & Transportation
Colorado Renewable Energy Society (CRES)
802K views • 9 years ago
3 comments from Hacker News
If you have some time: ▶ this video (Sabine Hossenfelder) If I remember video correctly, summary would be: not yet
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
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