With green hydrogen stocks flying through the roof in 2020, it
is no secret that this zero-carbon phenomenon is enjoying a
worldwide unprecedented political and economical momentum. As a
testament to its new-fangled global interest, the universal demand
for hydrogen has grown threefold since 1975, with many countries
now jumping on the bandwagon, aiming for net-zero carbon emissions
by 2050.
In the most perspicuous way possible, English science author
Brian Clegg attempts to disentangle the misconception surrounding
“the King of the Elements”, H, most commonly referred
to as Hydrogen. He argues that in science, simplicity and beauty
are often equated – and that makes hydrogen as beautiful as
they come; a single proton and a lone electron making the most
compact element in existence.1