Papers must be submitted and will only be accepted on Blackboard. No hard copies or emailed copies will be accepted. Topic: Can green hydrogen play a significant role in stopping or at least slowing down global warming? This is the only topic permitted for the term paper. A paper on any other topic will not be counted and the grade for the course will be INC. You may focus on any aspect of the topic that interests you: major companies; the practices in specific countries; specific technologies that you think may be more productive than others; etc. Structure of the paper: After an initial introduction, you should discuss the drivers of the renewable energy investment story that we have reviewed in class (via Zoom), and any others that you think are significant. We have discussed, or will discuss, in class: global warming (also called climate change); pollution and its role in pushing investment in renewable energy; the amount of money likely to be in play; government regulations-national, state/regional, or municipal--and subsidies which may favor (or disadvantage) investment in renewable energy; the potential in particular countries, including developing countries, for investment in green hydrogen, comparative costs of renewable and fossil fuel technologies; the element of belief, sometimes called dreams, in major investment shifts, e.g., whether the green hydrogen story is part of the dream of the circular economy; the impact of the covid 19 pandemic; and the potential role of millions of electric car owners as a lobbying force to shift the world into a re-thinking of energy and pollution - including shifting into the use of green hydrogen. You should then discuss examples of successful (and/or unsuccessful) hydrogen installations. Explain the technology, and whether or not it has wide application throughout the world. Discuss at least one major company in this field. Make sure that you discuss the costs of this technology and whether or not it has a cost advantage over other renewable energy technologies. You should conclude your paper with a recommendation (to a major company or a big investor) on whether to invest or not in green hydrogen. Your paper must be fully documented, as discussed in class. Papers without documentation will receive no grade and the course grade will be INC