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Originally Posted by JamesNoBrakes
Hydrogen fuel cells for all is ridiculous, the cost of making and transporting hydrogen for use and the infrastructure it requires would make it crazy expensive and increase the impact on the environment. It might make some sense in small niches, but it’s a ridiculous idea overall. To have to produce it, transport it, store it, all with no current infrastructure, will be costly and inefficient. Making electricity at a central station and using and increasing existing infrastructure makes way more sense.
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You need to read for comprehension. I said we appear to be on the edge a technological breakthrough with hydrogen production. That addresses all those issues (essentially, low energy localized production of hydrogen to power fuel cell vehicles). If that doesn't happen, then you're right ... hydrogen's not the answer. But, that doesn't change the calculus about the environmental kool-aid EV acolytes are serving up all over the place. Making electricity by burning coal and natural gas does nothing to help the environment (and all those transportation issues you attribute to hydrogen fully apply to coal and other fossil fuels used for more than 65% of US electricity generation).