The hype behind the gas industry's hydrogen push
, the majority of hydrogen is actually produced from fossil fuels: namely, methane (natural gas) and coal. Analysis shows that hydrogen is also currently inefficient and cost-prohibitive when compared with the approach to decarbonise the economy known as the electrification of everything, which would involve switching the majority of transportation and heating from burning fossil fuels to electricity produced increasingly by renewables. All of this hydrogen hype raises a lot of questions. What is hydrogen energy? Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe and can be used as a way t...
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