Hydrogen and fuel cells: fake promises?

According to PeakOil -> euractiv

Ulf Bossel of the European Fuel Cell Forum, an organisation that supports technical and scientific advances on fuel cells, challenges what he calls ‘the hydrogen illusion‘.

Hydrogen is clean only if it is made from renewable electricity,” says Bossel. But he adds that if a hydrogen-based economy becomes a reality, it will be characterised by a massive increase in demand for electric power, which he says is unlikely to be met by renewables alone.

According to Bossel, a substantial part of the increased demand for power will therefore need to come from coal-fired or nuclear power plants with all the known consequences for the environment and for safety.

- See more at euractiv

I totally agree with the article…there goes another wet dream… Well…Hydrogen must be created by electrolysis and if the electricity used can be stored and use directly might over shadow hydrogen totally! haha.. We just need a better battery storage…that’s all.

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  • http://lightcontrast.wordpress.com/ lightcontrast

    On the news last week or a couple weeks ago, there was an article about a guy who doesn’t get electricity from the power grid. He uses a bunch of small generators and solar panels. When the sun is out, he gets energy via the solar panels. But when there’s no sun, he gets energy via the hydrogen in the air. He paid thousands of dollars for the system which I think he built himself, but he says it’s worth it. He can enjoy all the things everybody else has, he just doesn’t have to pay electricity bills.

  • http://simontay78.wordpress.com/ simontay78

    I am interested about the part where he gets hydrogen in the air!…I got about 4 solar panels installed and using it for LED lights in my house already…haha.

  • http://lightcontrast.wordpress.com/ lightcontrast

    He had maybe 20 or more small generators outside in his yard. I don’t remember more details than that, but it was a news report from ABC news. I wonder if the link is still on the site…