The Truth About Hydrogen That You Can't Tell With Your Head Nodding

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Hydrogen is not a greenhouse gas itself, but it interrupts with other processes that help mitigate methane and other greenhouse gases. It slows down the destruction of powerful greenhouse gases in the upper atmosphere; hence adds to global warming. When we burn hydrogen as a fuel, then that doesn't happen. So this risk that you're talking about in the garbage dump in the stratosphere is only if it escapes in an unburned state.

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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