Is Hydrogen a Decarbonization Strategy?

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If we somehow were able to massively scale the hydrogen economy as some of the memes in the news are portraying, would we have to then change some of the IPCC CO2 forecast because of some of the things you just said? Mm hmm. That's absolutely true. If we were to try to replace natural gas with hydrogen, we would have to contend with hydrogen leakage rather than methane leakage. And it's being pitched as a decarbonization solution, right? Whereas it's a decarbonized problem. So that's really worrisome.

On this episode, chemical engineer Paul Martin joins The Great Simplification to talk about all things hydrogen. There are many ‘Fuels of the Future’ about which the media likes to create hopeful and seamless narratives, one of the currently popular of these being hydrogen. Where does hydrogen come from and what do we already depend on hydrogen for - is it as ‘clean’ as the media leads us to believe? How can we think about hydrogen from a systems perspective to determine if it is really an energy solution - or an energy problem? What does this mean for the design of global supply chains entering into a simplified material future?

About Paul Martin:

Paul Martin is a Canadian chemical engineer with decades of experience making and using hydrogen and syngas. As a chemical process development specialist, Paul offers services to an international clientele via his private consultancy Spitfire Research. He is also co-founder of the Hydrogen Science Coalition, a nonprofit organization providing science-based information about hydrogen from a position free from commercial interest.

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