By Maxx Chatsko Despite the hype, hydrogen is a poor fuel facing major obstacles. It may only play a marginal role in the energy transition. Ah, the hydrogen economy. That’s the name given to the future where hydrogen made from zero-carbon sources is used in myriad applications to lower the global economy’s carbon footprint. The wonder fuel theoretically could be used to store energy from wind and solar farms, power industrial processes, and potentially even be used in certain transportation applications. It all looks so promising on paper. In reality, green hydrogen – and the hydrogen economy…