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Paul Martin: "Hydrogen - The Decarbonization Problem"

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens

CHAPTER

The Second Sin of Thermodynamics

The second law of thermodynamics basically says that not all forms of energy are worth the same. The first law says that energy is conserved, so you can't make it or destroy it. People don't realize that in the world of energy, we take these days an awful lot of chemical energy which is a proxy for heat.

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