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  Ethan Elkind ethanelkind.bsky.social · May 14
  If you want to hear the best arguments against hydrogen as a climate solution, this podcast is for you!
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    David Roberts volts.wtf · May 14
    Today on Volts: are we moving inexorably toward a "hydrogen economy"? No, says Joe Romm in his newly updated book. "Clean hydrogen" faces all the same limitations it always has, which will almost certainly confine it to expensive niche applications. Direct electrification is always preferable.
    

    Taming the hydrogen hype

    Team Electron takes on the hydrogen hype and its underlying motivations.

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  Ethan Elkind ethanelkind.bsky.social · May 13
  Would be great to see an analysis like this of California's high speed rail system - what could be done to build the remainder of the project as cheaply as possible?
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    Matthew Yglesias mattyglesias.bsky.social · May 13
    A detailed plan for trains to run from DC to Boston in less than four hours for about 10 percent the cost of Amtrak's current proposal for upgrading the northeast corridor rail. www.slowboring.com/p/at-last-a-...
    

    At last, a workable plan for high-speed rail

    How to build a fast train in the northeast for 10% of the cost

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