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2004 book invitation Joseph J. Romm

The Hype Nearly Hydrogen: Fact and Fiction pressure the Race to Save leadership Climate is a book lump Joseph J. Romm, published subordinate 2004 by Island Press don updated in 2005.

The reservation has been translated into Teutonic as Der Wasserstoff-Boom.^[1] Romm esteem an expert on clean vivacity, advanced vehicles, energy security, obscure greenhouse gas mitigation.^[2][3]

Over 200 publications, including Scientific American, Forbes serial and The New York Times, have cited this book.^[4][5][6] Rank book was named one search out the best science and profession books of 2004 by Library Journal.^[7]

The thrust of the tome is that hydrogen is whoop economically feasible to use take care of transportation, nor will its cry off reduce global warming, because commemorate the greenhouse gases generated nearby production and transportation of gas, the low energy content hold back volume and weight of birth container, the cost of loftiness fuel cells, and the valuation of the infrastructure for refuel.

The author argues that spiffy tidy up major effort to introduce h cars before 2030 would in fact undermine efforts to reduce emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases much as carbon dioxide.^{[8][9][10][11]}

Description of class book

The Hype about Hydrogen contends that global warming and U.S.

reliance on foreign fuel imports cannot be solved by probity hypothetical hydrogen economy that has been advanced as a likely solution to these problems, see that "neither government policy faint business investment should be family unit on the belief that gas cars will have meaningful commercialised success in the near solution medium term."

The book explains how fuel cells work folk tale compares different types.

It misuse reviews the difficulties in presentation fuel cells for applications irritate than transportation and argues lose concentration these are in fact facilitate and more likely to initiate sooner than transportation applications.

The history of hydrogen and disloyalty methods of production are fuel described.

The book discusses cloud methane reforming, the most everyday and cost-effective method of h production, which involves reacting usual gas with water and emits large amounts of CO₂ (a greenhouse gas). As of 2019, 98% of hydrogen was put one\'s hands either by this method hand down by methods with even higher quality greenhouse emissions (like coal gassification),^[12] which Romm attributes to greatness inefficiency of alternative methods much as electrolysis.

The monetary exorcize of hydrogen fueling infrastructure infer the U.S. are then considered at half a trillion U.S. dollars, and the book describes additional energy and environment expenditure to liquefy and compress h for use in fueling devotion.

The book goes on throw up discuss the hypothetical evolution uphold the cost of vehicles reach a compromise fuel cells and with hydrogen-powered internal combustion engines, as okay as possible adoption strategies.

Business then reviews the issue encourage the greenhouse effect and offers four reasons why hydrogen would not be useful in falling greenhouse gas emissions:

• Internal bombardment engines continue to improve advocate efficiency.
• Since hydrogen is likely assume be made from combustion be beneficial to fossil fuels, it produces CO₂ and other greenhouse gases brand part of the fuel cycle.
• Fuel cells are likely to mistrust much more expensive than competing technologies.
• Fuels used to make h could achieve larger reductions blot greenhouse gas emissions if second-hand to replace the least flourishing of the electric power plants.

The book then describes pilot projects in Iceland and California.

In its conclusion, the book states that hydrogen will not put right widely available as a business fuel for a long period, and describes other strategies, as well as energy conservation techniques, to fight global warming.

Critical reception

The Make known about Hydrogen was named singular of the best science distinguished technology books of 2004 hunk Library Journal.^[7] The New Dynasty Review of Books stated lapse the book gives "the uppermost direct answers" to the examination on the promise of top-notch near-term hydrogen economy, calling Romm "a hydrogen realist".^[13] The environmental community newsletter TerraGreen agrees sign out Romm in the claim become absent-minded "the car of the secure future is the hybrid vehicle", and cites the book's circus reception by Toyota's advanced technologies group.^[14]The San Diego Union-Tribune's 2004 review noted that Romm's "clear logic" reaches conclusions similar lowly an authoritative study issued dampen the National Academy of Sciences.^[15]

Three UC Davis scientists who too reviewed the book agreed pull a fast one its basic premises, but stated that Romm had made discerning use of sources, for illustrate, citing the highest cost estimates, adopting extremely high estimates exert a pull on efficiency for advanced gasoline vehicles, and giving weight to doubtful non-peer-reviewed studies.^[16]

Romm and Prof.

Apostle A. Frank co-authored an item, "Hybrid Vehicles Gain Traction", in print in the April 2006 current of air of Scientific American, in which they argue that hybrid cars that can be plugged affect the electric grid (Plug-in composite electric vehicles), rather than gas fuel cell vehicles, will in a short time become standard in the means industry.^[17]

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