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WHY HYDROGEN? BECAUSE WE CAN’T ESCAPE CLIMATE CATASTROPHE WITHOUT IT
https://doi.org/10.15518/isjaee.2018.19-21.034-039
Abstract
Beginning with a review of the causes, dangers and impacts of human induced (anthropogenic) climate change— with an emphasis on oceans and sea-level rise—the article moves defines the role of energy currencies and why the concept of currencies is key to identifying systemic climate change solutions.
The article then sets out a six-step rationale showing why the twin energy currencies hydrogen and electricity (hydricity) must dominate future energy systems—if we are to have a chance to escape worldwide climate catastrophe. It concludes with a few reflections on hydricity and thoughts on why a vigorous transition to hydricity has not yet begun.
About the Author
D. S. Scott
University of Victoria Institute for Integrated Energy Systems
Canada
Canada
David Sanborn Scott - Ph.D., D.Sc. (hon.), D.Eng. (hon.), Founding Director, Institute for Integrated Energy Systems, University of Victoria; Vice-President of the International Association for Hydrogen Energy.
Awards: the Jules Verne Award from the International Association for Hydrogen Energy, 2006; an honorary doctorate of science degree (the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, 2007) and an inaugural honorary lifetime member (the Canadian Hydrogen Association) as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (2010); an honorary doctorate of engineering (the University of Victoria, 2012).
Education: undergraduate and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering (Queen’s University, Canada); doctorate in mechanical engineering and astronautical sciences (Northwestern University, USA).
Research interests: fuel cell systems; non-fossil energy sources; energy storage; hydrogen production; hydrogen storage; hydrogen generation; hydrogen energy.
Publications: more than 100; Smelling Land: The Hydrogen Defense Against Climate Catastrophe (2007).
PO Box 1700 STN CSC, Victoria BC V8W 2Y2.
Tel.: 250-721-6295, fax: 250-721-6323.
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Review
For citations:
Scott D.S. WHY HYDROGEN? BECAUSE WE CAN’T ESCAPE CLIMATE CATASTROPHE WITHOUT IT. Alternative Energy and Ecology (ISJAEE). 2018;(19-21):34-39. https://doi.org/10.15518/isjaee.2018.19-21.034-039
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