The Hype about Hydrogen, Revised Edition
False Promises and Real Solutions in the Race to Save the Climate
$72.60
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
21 April 2025
Summary
For decades, we’ve been promised that a hydrogen economy is just around the corner: a high tech Eden in which our cars, homes, and industries would be powered not by fossil fuels but by hydrogen from pollution free sources. After billions in investment, hydrogen has failed to live up to these overblown promises. Yet it is as hyped as ever, a target of media enthusiasm and hefty investment from government and industry. Is it time to accept that the “fuel of the future” may never arrive?
<…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781642834024 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1642834025 |
| Author: | Joseph J. Romm |
| Publisher: | Island Press |
| Imprint: | Island Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 21 April 2025 |
| Weight: | 336g |
| Dimensions: | 153mm x 227mm |
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“This book should be of particular interest to anyone wanting to explore alternative energy sources to move away from fossil fuels. It provides comprehensive information about problems with hydrogen, including many references for further information.” – “Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences”
About The Author
Joseph J. Romm
Dr. Joseph Romm was principal deputy and then acting assistant secretary of energy efficiency and renewable energy in the mid-1990s, overseeing a $1 billion budget on climate solutions for transportation, buildings, and industry, including hydrogen, fuel cells, energy storage, bioenergy, and renewables. He is a senior research fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media, where he researches climate solutions. In 2009, Rolling Stone named him one of 100 “People Who Are Reinventing America,” and Time named him “Hero of the Environment.” He received the 2024 Ban Ki-Moon Award for Environmental Leadership from the former U.N. Secretary General. He has authored eleven books, including the original The Hype About Hydrogen, which was named one of the best science and technology books of 2004 by Library Journal. His TEDx talk is “The Surprising Truth About Solving Climate Change.” He holds a PhD in physics from MIT.
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