The only places in the world I’ve heard that sentiment is North America. Everywhere else is taking hydrogen seriously. It has challenges but the benefits are substantial.
Okay so there are drawbacks and benefits to each fuel type:
fossil fuel e.g. gasoline, diesel, propane - all are cheap as hell because we drill it from the ground. All add carbon to the atmosphere that was not there for millions of years
eco/manufactured fuel e.g. bio diesel, eco propane, and hydrogen - these are more expensive because we have to do the exchange from stable molecules to less stable fuels and back. The energy concentration is high for having to carry the powersource. Also all carbon/hydrogen used is taken and given from/to the existing ecosystem. Hydrogen is the most efficient of these as it 1) cleans air as you use it 2) generation only requires tap water after you have the equipment, and 3) you can “burn” in your house without co issues. Bio propane requires co2 capture which is slow and the reaction to store it is less efficient than hydrogen.
batteries e.g. Teslas. These are heavy and require rare earth metals to achieve the energy density and shelf stability. For example a cyber truck has 1,600 lbs of only batteries before considering any frame or engine because it is expensive from an energy standpoint to start and stop inertia. Also, car crashes tend to be fatal and expensive to fix because crashes are prevented by overcoming kinetic inertia.
Of these, the best long term and portable and safe and clean fuel source is hydrogen. I would prefer to not pollute the air literally next to me or my kids while not driving a death trap, so in my use case ( and hopefully my neighbors’) i want hydrogen residential vehicles.
Edit: the battery weight is not 8k but 1.6k. This is still more than the 200 lbs of weight of a full gas tank.
They are only doing this because they are spending out Japanese government research money, hydrogen has no future in non commerical vehicles.
The only places in the world I’ve heard that sentiment is North America. Everywhere else is taking hydrogen seriously. It has challenges but the benefits are substantial.
Okay so there are drawbacks and benefits to each fuel type:
fossil fuel e.g. gasoline, diesel, propane - all are cheap as hell because we drill it from the ground. All add carbon to the atmosphere that was not there for millions of years
eco/manufactured fuel e.g. bio diesel, eco propane, and hydrogen - these are more expensive because we have to do the exchange from stable molecules to less stable fuels and back. The energy concentration is high for having to carry the powersource. Also all carbon/hydrogen used is taken and given from/to the existing ecosystem. Hydrogen is the most efficient of these as it 1) cleans air as you use it 2) generation only requires tap water after you have the equipment, and 3) you can “burn” in your house without co issues. Bio propane requires co2 capture which is slow and the reaction to store it is less efficient than hydrogen.
batteries e.g. Teslas. These are heavy and require rare earth metals to achieve the energy density and shelf stability. For example a cyber truck has 1,600 lbs of only batteries before considering any frame or engine because it is expensive from an energy standpoint to start and stop inertia. Also, car crashes tend to be fatal and expensive to fix because crashes are prevented by overcoming kinetic inertia.
Of these, the best long term and portable and safe and clean fuel source is hydrogen. I would prefer to not pollute the air literally next to me or my kids while not driving a death trap, so in my use case ( and hopefully my neighbors’) i want hydrogen residential vehicles.
Edit: the battery weight is not 8k but 1.6k. This is still more than the 200 lbs of weight of a full gas tank.
That’s your opinion.