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There is a very to-the-point diagram called the Hydrogen Ladder [0] that classifies the usefulness of hydrogen by domain. The author makes a good case that, des
by amsha 1y ago
There is a very to-the-point diagram called the Hydrogen Ladder [0] that classifies the usefulness of hydrogen by domain. The author makes a good case that, despite its versatility, hydrogen is almost always worse than some other clean technology for any use case. It’s hard to make, store, and use in a scalable/cheap way, and even generous estimates of future progress show a cost curve that requires subsidies basically forever.
Buses are classified as a “Most Uncompetitive” category. Electricity, whether wired or battery powered, is cheaper and easier to scale for the predicable everyday energy use of a city bus.
0: https://www.liebreich.com/hydrogen-ladder-version-5-0/ https://www.liebreich.com/hydrogen-ladder-version-5-0/
- BlueTemplar 1y agoWith some emphasis on the "almost" : https://cleantechnica.com/2025/04/07/green-hydrogen-for-energy-was-a-story-we-told-ourselves/ https://cleantechnica.com/2025/04/07/green-hydrogen-for-ener...
- NooneAtAll3 1y agodid the picture die or smth? edit: no, even internet archive from a year ago shows no picture
- mrspuratic 1y ago"V5" article doesn't render (multiple browsers), try the older v4.1 version linked from it at the bottom (the faux "energy efficiency" graph).