Also posted to CleanTechnica comment to article with “amirite” in title on Mar 14
The world needs to ‘catch up’ by ending use of fossil fuels ASAP, and substituting hydrogen in their place. If we don’t, that 1.5 degree warming goal will be overshot, and things will be exceedingly difficult. The renewables generated hydrogen can be stored and transmitted long distances with minimal losses. That in itself will be just like battery storage, but without the costs. Generating hydrogen has been around hundreds of years, and it’s not efficient. But then ICE (internal combustion engine) technology or fossil fueled electric generation is well under 50 percent, so hydrogen isn’t that bad. We just have to make the changes as fast as possible.