Reply #7: I'm not proposing anything [View All]

[Ezlivin]

Hydrogen is not "the" solution, although it may have some limited usefulness.

If I offered you a deal that returned one dollar for every two that you invested, would you be interested?

Hydrogen is like that in that it requires more energy to manufacture than it carries. It is an energy sink. Building a big infrastructure using petroleum just to manufacture hydrogen sounds great until you want to run that infrastructure with hydrogen.

By implementing stringent energy conservation measures and de-centralizing our power production we could extend the petroleum era for a significant length of time. But when the last bit of oil runs out, we will not have a replacement for it. We may have many replacements that can fill one of petroleum's many roles, but never one single fuel. That is simply reality at this juncture. And while I'm a fan of our technological prowess I'm not going to join a cargo cult.