Hydrogen Will Not Save Us. Here's Why.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN cites it in hydrogen strategy threads as a concise skeptical summary of why hydrogen is not yet viable.
What it is
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.
Recommended by 2 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2023 to 2023.
What Hacker News said
Recommends nazgul17 · 2023-01 · on “'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]
Recommends funnymony · 2023-06 · on “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
Cites otikik · 2023-03 · on “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]