From explosive disasters to clean energy ambitions, hydrogen has shaped some of humanity's greatest triumphs and tragedies. Could it help solve the climate crisis, or are the risks too great?
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By "saving the planet", obviously, the writer isn't wondering if H2 can prevent the planet from complete destruction, but is questioning if we can start using H2 before fossil fuels make the environment less habitable for humans.
The issue I have with the with the concept of this video is, humans will not invest in hydrogen technology until Earth's Ecosystem is near collapse due to the effects of burning fossil fuels.
So, the answer is NO, hydrogen is NOT going to save the planet. Humans are not yet capable of understanding the concept of cause and effect (to the environment).
Much like the parable of the frog in the pot of water that is heated slowly until boiling, humans will not see, nor understand the dangers created when the carbon cycle is damaged due to the burning of fossil fuels until it's too late.
If anyone believes otherwise, they have not been paying attention to the past 6,000 years of mistakes humans have made over and over and over again.
Everything is connected, so don't be surprised at the catastophe(s) that will occur when, (not if) humans manage to damage, beyond our ability to repair, the parts of the environment that regulate and moderate the temper
4:38 we have to make it as well as handle it, store it & transport it. Being the 'Smallest' element makes it really, really, really hard to contain it efficiently, it loves to slip through the smallest of cracks. Insulation can only go so far before it physically gets in the way & or adds too much to the cost. I'm all in for Hydrogen, we just have some obstacles to overcome that I do believe are achievable.
“Saving the planet” is incorrect. The planet will be here. It’s the life on the planet we’re trying to save. We may cause a mass extinction but the planet will remain and life may or not recover after a great many years. So we’re not saving the planet. We’re saving ourselves.
Using green produced H2 as energy storage is only ~30-40% efficient overall if you use fuel cells to convert the H2 back to electricity, but I guess we will need a variety of different ways to store energy as the transition to all wind and solar progresses.
You should cover White Hydrogen too, with opportunities as a clean energy source for heavy industry sited at locations where subterranean White Hydrogen reserves are naturally concentrated by geological processes (serpentinisation). It can deliver energy at 25% the cost of Green Hydrogen.
The problem with hydrogen isn't the efficiency of a single point in the hydrogen network/system, it's the accumulative losses that add up from the start to the vehicle wheels or burner in the home heating system.
The 95% electrolyser efficiency is one point and the losses are carried through to the end use along with all the other losses, one of them you mentioned and that is the compressor losses to compress the gas for storage.
I thought the thumbnail was a Fighting/Electric-Type Magnemite variant. 😭😭😭
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The issue I have with the with the concept of this video is, humans will not invest in hydrogen technology until Earth's Ecosystem is near collapse due to the effects of burning fossil fuels.
So, the answer is NO, hydrogen is NOT going to save the planet. Humans are not yet capable of understanding the concept of cause and effect (to the environment).
Much like the parable of the frog in the pot of water that is heated slowly until boiling, humans will not see, nor understand the dangers created when the carbon cycle is damaged due to the burning of fossil fuels until it's too late.
If anyone believes otherwise, they have not been paying attention to the past 6,000 years of mistakes humans have made over and over and over again.
Everything is connected, so don't be surprised at the catastophe(s) that will occur when, (not if) humans manage to damage, beyond our ability to repair, the parts of the environment that regulate and moderate the temper
But for Ship Iceberg ....and Artic and Antartic Life ....Hidrogen Aid
The 95% electrolyser efficiency is one point and the losses are carried through to the end use along with all the other losses, one of them you mentioned and that is the compressor losses to compress the gas for storage.