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"The Hype About Hydrogen" offers a hype-free explanation of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies, takes a hard look at the practical difficulties of transitioning to a hydrogen economy, and reveals why, given increasingly strong evidence of the gravity of climate change, neither government policy nor business investment should be based…

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1 author picked The Hype About Hydrogen as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Although I don’t agree with everything in this book, I highly recommend it because there are very few writers who write as eloquently and passionately as Joe and a lot (if not all) of what he says about hydrogen is very insightful.

Joe has encyclopedic knowledge of climate change science and energy technology and he demonstrates this while focusing on one particular decarbonized fuel option. 

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