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Will hydrogen solve our energy needs?

Hydrogen can be used as fuel for large vehicles and trains. It can heat homes and power industry, The only by-product is water. Could it solve all our future energy needs?

A fifteen minute test flight of a plane fuelled only by hydrogen was successfully completed over recent months. Trucks are already running on the fuel in the US, as are trains in Canada and the UK. Both Toyota and Hyundai have expressed a desire to explore the gas as an option for their smaller vehicles. The UK has announced plans to use hydrogen as a replacement for natural gas in two trial villages, Whitby and Redcar, having already completed tests at Keele University. Several glass and tiling companies are also testing the potential energy source.

There is a lot of buzz around the idea of replacing our current fossil fuel usage with hydrogen, and for good reason too. Hydrogen is everywhere and it can be made via green methods and its only by-product is water. It almost sounds almost too good to be true, and perhaps it is. That鈥檚 why this week we ask, will hydrogen solve our energy needs?

Presenter: David Baker
Producer: Christopher Blake
Editor: Tara McDermott

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