The world is addicted to natural gas. Fossil fuel companies are lobbying hard to keep it that way
CNN
There's a lot of buzz around hydrogen as a climate solution, and fossil fuel companies are using this hype to lock in planet-warming natural gas for decades to come.
For industries that need more oomph than solar or wind can offer -- like aviation, steel and concrete -- there's hydrogen. And it's everywhere.
There's a lot of buzz and billions of dollars being poured into the hydrogen industry, but not all types of hydrogen are created equal. Hydrogen is the most abundant element on the planet, but it needs to be isolated from its source, and that in itself takes energy. At the moment, it's mostly derived from fossil fuels -- natural gas, coal and oil -- in what's called "gray" hydrogen. If the carbon-dioxide (CO2) emitted during production is captured, you get "blue" hydrogen.