General secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions GAWAIN LITTLE calls for support and participation in the national partnership organised to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 1926 general strike
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The human costs of hydrogen, the ‘fuel of the future’
Natural hydrogen gas could be a replacement for fossil fuels, but its extraction could see developing nations face familiar patterns of land loss and resource theft, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
FUTURE FUEL: A hydrogen sports car at the Brussels auto show, January 10 2025
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AS the world’s supply of fossil fuels continues to dwindle, corporations and governments have turned their attention to searching for replacements for coal, oil and gas. We have long been familiar with renewable, green energy sources like solar, wind or hydroelectric power. Looming silently in the background of all these potential solutions is hydrogen gas.
Hydrogen, the most fundamental element in the universe, is the origin of all solar energy. As well as providing us with heat and light through nuclear fusion processes in the sun’s core, hydrogen has many uses for energy production and storage.
Like electricity, hydrogen is an “energy vector” — an energy-rich substance that facilitates the translocation and/or storage of energy to be released at a later time or at a distance from the primary capture site.
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