Energy-efficient solutions needed paving the way for hydrogen

1 Present energy losses - wasteful traditions and obstacles to the use of hydrogen 

Conversion efficiencies in primary energy conversion are somewhat better in countries with high shares of hydropower (like Norway or Switzerland), but the extensive losses of thermal power plants generally determine the high energy losses in the conversion sector. The efficiency of the conversion from final to useful energy is determined, to a large extent, by the enormous conversion losses in road vehicles 

The Hydrogen Economy Opportunities and Challenges, ed. Michael Ball and Martin Wietschel. Published by Cambridge University Press. Cambridge University Press 2009. 

This vision cannot wait. Mankind is facing several major energy-related challenges this century the threat and consequences of climate change, the reconcentration of crude-oil production in the Middle East, and the energy price risks of peaking oil production. 

In the light of these challenges, the Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology (1998) has developed the vision of a 2000 Watt per capita society by 

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Energy-efficient solutions needed - paving the way for hydrogen... 

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