Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Putting the "H" is "wow tHis sure is efficient"

In the article today, I read about hydrogen energy storage as means to connect wind and solar farms to "the grid." The reason this technology is seen as fit is due to its decreasing cost, job creation, and high efficiency. The hydrogen cells are being implemented more in more in countries such as the United States and Germany as a clean and cheap form of energy transfer. More American scientists are getting work in developing the technology needed to reach even better cells. To top it all off, it is already nearly 100 percent efficient. Hardly any volts of electricity are wasted in the energy transfer process, it really is the technology of the future.

In class, we discussed these technologies after watching a TED talk about hydrogen cells. It seems to me that more and more people are identifying the stagnant growth of renewable energies is the lack of large enough batteries and energy transfer processes. Once these technologies improve to the point of allowing total transfer of solar and wind energy, we can start to push out coal and oil from the energy landscape.

A question I have is about lobbying. Are there green energy companies that have congressmen and women in their pockets as well? I wouldn't mind having some tried and true un-American persuasion in that area be done. Maybe some money should be send straight into their pockets so we can get this show on the road already!

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