The August 12, 2021 New York Times article by Hiroko Tabuchi leads off with a misleading and narrowly focused headline, “For Many, Hydrogen Is the Fuel of the Future. New Research Raises Doubts.” The article reports on a paper by two university professors whose principal argument is critical of “blue hydrogen,” which is produced from reforming methane (i.e., natural gas)…
1. Green hydrogen can better utilize solar and wind energy when its supply is high and reduce electricity costs for Midwesterners. 2. Green hydrogen can decarbonize steel mills in the Great Lakes region. 3. Green hydrogen can decarbonize trucking along the Midwest corridor and markedly improve air quality for Midwesterners. 4. Green hydrogen can create thousands of Midwestern jobs.