Hydrogen Doesn't Grow on Trees, but It Will Kill Them

One of the lovely things about our planet is that free Hydrogen isn't readily available. Most of the Hydrogen on earth is bound to Oxygen (that most excellent gas that keeps us up and about) and like a dawg and a bone very difficult to separate. This difficulty is the reason the "Hydrogen Model" for energy usage is a pipe dream cooked up by scientists who should know better.

Sure, using Hydrogen as a fuel source is clean and the bi-product is water (just can't keep those two apart), making the Hydrogen is or will be messy. One needs energy to separate Hydrogen away from it's loving partner Oxygen, and that energy has to come from somewhere (fossil fuels, nuclear, solar, wind, etc.) The other nasty bit is the second law of thermodynamics...there is no such thing as a free lunch. There is always energy lost along the way of any process as it radiates out into the universe, not to mention the energy needed to transport and store the Hydrogen, build the Hydrogen factory, keep the workers of the factory going (be they robots or human). All of these processes cost energy. Therefore, it will take more energy than we currently consume to have a Hydrogen solution.

More energy means more pollution. Fossil and nuclear pollution are obvious, but wind and solar are more sublime forms of pollution, sprawl pollution. Achieving the energy needs of the world with solar and wind would require millions of square miles of solar cells and/or wind farms, gobbling up valuable real-estate necessary for food production, habitat preservation and a myriad of other needs.

Unless you like lots of energy plants/farms focus on the only solution to the world's coming energy demands...fusion power.

Forget Hydrogen!

Well, except for the small amount necessary to fuel the fusion generators.