• GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Solar electric was worse than hydro, or just about anything else, and more expensive per watt, as well. Decades went by, the cells got more efficient and cheaper production techniques, and suddenly they were a competitive option. None of that changes that they were, initially, a very bad choice, and only made sense if money wasn’t a factor for the person installing it.

    The same goes for hydrogen. Maybe it will be big in the future, but as it stands now it isn’t an option for many people.

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      1 year ago

      Solar got cheap and then it became widespread. You are witnessing the same thing happen with hydrogen now.

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        1 year ago

        I’ve seen no evidence hydrogen is getting cheaper to produce, although there have been some non-hydrocarbon production advances. Also, many of the hydrogen filling stations have shut down.

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          You are just listening to too much anti-hydrogen propaganda. It’s absurd to say that it isn’t getting cheaper. It is just doing the same thing wind and solar did as they scaled up. The infrastructure is rapidly expanding too, something you’d know if you actually started to look into hydrogen.