The Hype About Hydrogen: False Promises and Real Solutions in the Race to Save the Climate: Revised and Updated

For decades, we've been promised that a hydrogen economy is just around the corner. 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?

In 2003, energy expert Joesph J. Romm wroteThe Hype About Hydrogento explain why hydrogen wasn't the panacea we were promised-and may never be. I...