THE VIDEO SHELF · hydrogen economy
Hydrogen Will Not Save Us. Here's Why.
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.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN cites it in hydrogen strategy threads as a concise skeptical summary of why hydrogen is not yet viable.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Sabine Hossenfelder
- Topic
- hydrogen economy
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2023–2023
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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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. [VIDEO]
nazgul17 on Hacker News · 2023-01
In 'A complete failure' Japan's 'fantasy' hydrogen strategy does nothingIf you have some time: [VIDEO] (Sabine Hossenfelder) If I remember video correctly, summary would be: not yet
funnymony on Hacker News · 2023-06
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