There is a place for #hydrogen. But blindly applying it everywhere turns it into a solution looking for a problem.

"According to the Renewable Energy Institute (REI), a Japanese environmental think tank, this push to use hydrogen in every conceivable energy sector is actually doing more harm than good. "

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/green-tech/a42665011/japan-hydrogen-energy-failure/

Everybody knows - I hope everybody knows - that fully two thirds of the energy you pour into the gasoline / diesel tank of your ICE car gets lost as heat. It's like buying three pounds of vegetables and immediately throwing out two before you start to cook with the remaining pound.

Turns, out, #hydrogen cars have the same inefficiency: 34% - 37%.

Battery e-cars have a 87% efficiency. The same solar field can power nearly three times more EVs than hydrogen cars.

https://thedriven.io/2023/02/10/the-madness-of-big-autos-push-for-hydrogen-powered-cars/

And then there's the refueling.

I had hydrogen in my lab: in a little tube charged to "only" 300 psi. The safety officer was all over me (okay, all over my safety procedure).

And society is going to trust me, a mom, usually sleep deprived, distracted by gazillion little things, to refuel a hydrogen car myself without supervision? Welp.

And those hoses and fittings will never leak, right?
Double welp.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9xVNI6WE5E&t=42s

"A two-year-old project to run 51 #hydrogen #buses in the French city of #Montpellier and its environs has been cancelled for being too #expensive after elected officials realised that #electric buses would be six times cheaper to run.

It is much more efficient and cheaper to pump the #renewable electricity directly into a vehicle #battery."

#EV
https://www.rechargenews.com/energy-transition/french-city-drops-order-for-51-hydrogen-buses-after-realising-electric-ones-six-times-cheaper-to-run/2-1-1143717

It was always the #FossilFuel industry pushing for hydrogen even in places where it makes no sense. Now #DeSmog has the receipts.

"An intensive two-year #lobbying effort by a key #gas boiler industry organisation has been critical of #HeatPumps, and promoted #hydrogen for #HomeHeating to government and opposition parties, despite strong evidence of its unsuitability."

#UK #FossilGas
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/20/gas-boiler-lobby-uk-heat-pump-plans-leak

@CelloMomOnCars

Whatever way you cut it, home heating with #hydrogen is less efficient & more expensive than alternatives such as heat pumps, district heating and solar thermal.

Additionally it would cause problems for an already leaky UK national gas network where existing natural gas valves are unsuitable requiring replacements that have yet to be designed. The same is true for the pumping stations as the existing natural gas compressors won't work with hydrogen. It's not a straight swap.