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Originally Posted by Mathgod
Hydrogen has some significant obstacles that will arguably keep it from ever being a big player in the energy transition. Sabine explains:
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My opinion is that people look at the transition and look for something to save us. Reality is the internal combustion engine was the perfect answer to basically darn never everything, everywhere, as was burning hydrocarbons. Except for that nasty co2 issue.
The transition will not have a single answer, it will be a complex set of solutions that are applied differently in different geographies and climates. Hydrogen will play a role, likely a pretty big one but I doubt we see a full hydrogen economy. But the video is overly pessimistic about hydrogen, pair it with ccus and it gets way better. Yes it’s a slippery molecule but that can be dealt with. I do see it getting converted to ammonia, and that getting burnt in power plants.
Lots will be learned, and learned quickly. We’ve only had hydrocarbons widely available for like 75 years and look what we figured out. There will be some stumbles here too, make no mistake, but momentum is building pretty fast in a number of fronts.