Turns out people can do math ;-)

Hydrogen economy "finally" being questioned

 

"In a recent study, fuel cell expert Ulf Bossel explains that a hydrogen economy is a wasteful economy. The large amount of energy required to isolate hydrogen from natural compounds (water, natural gas, biomass), package the light gas by compression or liquefaction, transfer the energy carrier to the user, plus the energy lost when it is converted to useful electricity with fuel cells, leaves around 25% for practical use an unacceptable value to run an economy in a sustainable future. Only niche applications like submarines and spacecraft might use hydrogen."  » original news   Haase comments... I assume they had read a science journal published within the last 40 years to come up with this "ground breaking" conclusion... seriously.   P.S. Someone should have told CA before they spent 40 Million on the  New Buses & Hydrogen Highway ;-)