as a physicist I listened to said, electrolysis, the splitting of the water molecule, requires too much energy. so much that it makes the effort of producing hydrogen gas uncompetitive. its quite feasible using the gas fired splitting, I won't pretend I understand how either system work, and its possible with other methods but the IEA lionk looks more toward biomass methane as replacement source for fuel gas. its not just here in Aus that theres a gas shortage it seems so IEA are moving to their next best.
its been in use for a few decades here but elsewhere for several decades with IEA calling biomass 'traditional'
as for the Labs? my respect fro them has been dissolving rapidly of late.
I don't think Forrest went into this blind. there was a lot of info brewing about this 15 years ago and the Scandinavian countries building massive hydro dam to provide unlimited energy sufficient to make billion of tons of the stuff dead cheap. he studied the science but like all real entrepreneurs his mind was on the business potential. now that is really hypnotising.
and yes, baseload. gas will have to do the job until something better gets the country in an uproar.
