Summary of Marco Alverà's The Hydrogen Revolution

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Get the Summary of Marco Alverà's The Hydrogen Revolution in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: We’re constantly told that our planet is in crisis; that to save it, we must stop traveling, stop eating meat, even stop having children. But in The Hydrogen Revolution, Marco Alverà argues that we don’t need to upend our lives. We just need a new kind of fuel: hydrogen. From transportation and infrastructure to heating and electricity, hydrogen could eliminate fossil fuels, boost economic growth, and encourage global action on climate change. It could also solve the most bedeviling aspects of today’s renewable energy—from transporting and storing wind and solar energy and their vulnerability to weather changes to the inefficiency and limited utility of heavy, short-lasting batteries.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Nov 24, 2021
• ISBN: 9781638158011

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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The world faces the risk of being over-exploited by humans, leading to the destruction of the very ecosystems that sustain us.

#2

The world is at the brink of disaster because of us. We are the main cause of pollution and we are threatening the survival of millions of species.

#3

CO2 emissions come from a variety of sources, such as burning fossil fuels, but the biggest contributor is the destruction of forests which releases large amounts of CO2.

#4

CO2 is building up in the atmosphere to dangerous levels, and the effects of global warming are being felt everywhere.

#5

To avoid catastrophic climate change, the world must keep global warming below 2°C and ideally below 1. 5°C. That doesn’t leave us much wiggle room.

#6

To limit warming to 1. 5°C, we must leave enough fossil fuels in the ground to maintain current global energy demands, which means we must drastically change our energy usage.

#7

The economic lockdowns that followed the Covid-19 pandemic gave people a glimpse of what a clean, quiet world could be like. But we need to continue striving for a cleaner, quieter future.

#8

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