The Hydrogen Revolution: A Blueprint for the Future of Clean Energy

By Marco Alverà

Book Overview

Named a Financial Times Best Book of 2021

An energy expert shows why hydrogen can fight climate change and become the fuel of the future

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 Alver 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.

The Hydrogen Revolution isn't just a manifesto for a powerful new technology. It's a hopeful reminder that despite the gloomy headlines about the fate of our planet, there's still an opportunity to turn things around.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1541620410
• ISBN13: 9781541620414
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.6" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Readable Explanation of the Critical Role of Hydrogen in Decarbonization

I just finished Marco Alverà's excellent 2021 book "The Hydrogen Revolution." I would quibble slightly with the title- the revolution is in low cost electricity from wind and solar that make zero-carbon hydrogen possible Hydrogen may not be the revolution, but Alverà makes clear that it is a critical component to reaching decarbonization. The book is very readable (except for a couple of graphics I couldn't see!) and comprehensive in a very concise package-- it is not a tome. If you want to know why there is so much talk of hydrogen, this book lays it out.