I don’t understand (well I do) why we haven’t made the push for hydrogen at least 20 years ago. We already have the infrastructure in place for refueling, just have to convert active gas stations (I know, I know, the cost associated are not minuscule). But I feel like hydrogen is a better system than electric vehicles, the lithium mining, electricity production, and disposal/ longevity of the battery systems are issues we don’t have an infrastructure to support. I’m just some random dude with a couple drinks in me, but hydrogen fuel cells to supplement mileage on farm trucks have been around for decades and because of big oil it was something that never caught on. Now there’s a push for electric vehicles and while that’s at least a moderate improvement, it has a host of its own issues associated. Hydrogen does as well, but I feel that it’s a better long term solution.
acidbass32 t1_j565fjx wrote
Reply to The race to make diesel engines run on hydrogen by FDuquesne
I don’t understand (well I do) why we haven’t made the push for hydrogen at least 20 years ago. We already have the infrastructure in place for refueling, just have to convert active gas stations (I know, I know, the cost associated are not minuscule). But I feel like hydrogen is a better system than electric vehicles, the lithium mining, electricity production, and disposal/ longevity of the battery systems are issues we don’t have an infrastructure to support. I’m just some random dude with a couple drinks in me, but hydrogen fuel cells to supplement mileage on farm trucks have been around for decades and because of big oil it was something that never caught on. Now there’s a push for electric vehicles and while that’s at least a moderate improvement, it has a host of its own issues associated. Hydrogen does as well, but I feel that it’s a better long term solution.