When do you think we will be able to switch to hydrogen fuel in the energy sector?
The hydrogen supply chain is about 2.5 times less efficient than using electricity directly (for example in electric cars or to power heat pumps). Also, hydrogen is difficult to transport and store. Therefore, leading researchers feel that hydrogen's main role will be in fertilizer production, hydrogenation, hydrocracking and desulphurisation, not in cars, transport, home heating, or energy storage. Michael Liebreich publishes a "hydrogen ladder" that shows the range of uses where hydrogen is "unavoidable", and where it is "uncompetitive" https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oZ3k6RCf8Y9YLKorogDeEB1Sp8nMuxqi/view for the creative commons graph and https://www.liebreich.com/hydrogen-ladder-version-5-0/ for his website
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