Current energy policy has been captured by the hydrogen industry to the point where government policy targets specify '40 gigawatts of hydrogen by 2030' as an end goal, rather than using hydrogen as a means to achieve decarbonization, efficiency, and electrification—reversing the proper policy logic.

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Speaker

David Cebon

Evidence Quote

hydrogen has become the end rather than the means... the policy energy policy is now we need to make this amount of of hydrogen. That is a bizarre capturing of the whole agenda by the hydrogen industry.

Source

How Clean is Hydrogen, Actually? With Prof. David Cebon | The PLUS PodcastEverything Electric TECH
Created: 8/10/2026, 10:48:15 PM

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