The Hydrogen Revolution:
A Blueprint for the Future of Clean Energy
Picture this: It's 2050. The looming shadow of climate change is finally receding. The planet's temperature is stabilising. Rainforests and coral reefs beginning to thrive once more. We are returning to equilibrium with nature. This isn't wishful thinking; it can be our reality. We just need to embrace hydrogen: the missing link. The beauty of hydrogen is its simplicity. It's simple to make, and simple to use. You are essentially bottling sunlight from renewable energy sources in the form of hydrogen, and using it to bring clean energy to every corner of the globe. The best part about hydrogen is that when you use it, the only by-product is water.
As energy expert Marco Alverà explains, if we're going to heal the climate, we need to start thinking big. This book is the blueprint for how to get us there. Whether you are a policy maker, a business person, an activist, or simply curious, the message is this: there is hope, for us and our planet. Hydrogen can help save the world.
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The Secret of Water
(Reading age: 8-12 years)
Venice. On a full-moon night, the members of a secret society gather in an ancient palace. Bepi Galvano, luminary of physics, is about to celebrate his eightieth birthday just a few streets away. His neighbours, three brilliant kids, are throwing a big party in his honour. That very night, however, the professor goes missing in circumstances which have yet to be clarified. Perhaps, that mysterious league, the Lunar Society, is the key for the enigma of his disappearance... In a maze-like Venice, three young kids are about to launch into a race against the time. The future of humanity could be hidden in the professor's latest invention, an incredible machine capable of producing green energy from water. It's up to Bepi's kids, now, to follow in his footsteps, and prevent eternal darkness from descending on the world we know.
Il cambiamento climatico e l'inquinamento atmosferico sono i grandi problemi della nostra generazione, ma le misure di mitigazione adottate fino a oggi per contrastarli non hanno portato i risultati sperati.
Senza un intervento drastico per ridurre le emissioni di CO₂, nel 2100 la temperatura media del pianeta aumenterà di quattro gradi; sappiamo che ne bastano solo tre per provocare conseguenze devastanti. Per scongiurare il rischio, serve un massiccio intervento di decarbonizzazione planetaria, con un approccio sovranazionale e trasversale dei vari comparti energetici, in grado di promuovere il lavoro, le attività economiche e migliorare gli standard di vita. L'idrogeno, l'elemento più abbondante dell'universo, può essere la soluzione da affiancare all'elettricità rinnovabile perché consente di trasformare l'energia solare ed eolica in un combustibile efficiente, facile da trasportare, stoccare, distribuire e utilizzare, con il grande vantaggio di essere illimitato e pulito. Ma soprattutto può contribuire a soddisfare in modo pulito il fabbisogno energetico di una popolazione in continua crescita, favorendo prosperità, produttività e sicurezza.
Rivoluzione idrogeno:
La piccola molecola che può salvare il mondo
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Generation H
Healing the climate with Hydrogen
It is 2050, and the world is set to feel the first refreshing drafts of global cooling. Temperatures have stabilised. Rainforests and reefs survive. We can trade, prosper and travel while respecting the equilibrium of our planet. When we take a long-haul flight or turn up the heating, we are using clean energy. Ships, buses and trucks no longer belch CO2 and fumes, but pure water. The pipes into our homes carry gas made from waste or renewables. We are harnessing the power of the sun and the wind – transformed into hydrogen.