THE story that has dominated headlines these past weeks is the awful fires that are scourging Australia.The scale of the tragedy can be written in numbers but they are so large it baffles comprehension:more than 10m ha has been burned,as many as 1 bn animals including wildlife and livestock are estimated to have been killed,and up to 400m t of CO2 has been released to the atmosphere.A tragedy of this magnitude should be a wake-up call-a Pearl Harbour moment-that kickstarts meaningful change.Australia should ramp up its ambitions on hydrogen,making use of its wide-open,sun-drenched spaces to pursue solar-and wind-powered green hydrogen production projects.It could throw significant money at research and demonstration projects that would help it pioneer a hydrogen economy.These are discussed in the article"Hydrogen Down Under"that forms part of our ongoing series on the hydrogen economy:https://bit.hr/2v8ddQy
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