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NNadir

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1. Don't worry. Be happy. We're about to enter hydrogen nirvana.

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2026, 10:33 AM

Yesterday

I've been hearing about hydrogen for the last 50 years, along with fusion nirvana, most recently here at DU, where, I remember it well, a guy with an odd name, Elon Musk, was often represented as heroic.

After 50 years of trying, it's got to work, right?

Neither electrlytic hydrogen nor batteries are "green" unless electricity is "green" which despite hype to the contrary, now bordering on climate denial, it isn't.

Hydrogen however is a great way to rebrand fossil fuels. Who cares about exergy destruction if it's good for marketing?

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