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Originally Posted by mnewnam
You are incorrect or at least partially incorrect on at least three points. There is a home hydrogen electrolysis and storage system available in AUS and soon to be available in the US with others on the way. Not to mention the USDOE has as of Sept 2022 as part of the Infrastructure bill invested $8 billion in companies to produce hydrogen “at scale”, store, and transport hydrogen to regional hydrogen hubs for distribution. Also the IEEE noted a 100 fold improvement in solar to hydrogen energy conversion back in 2021. I could keep going…
There’s plenty of articles out there.
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Wrong. The at home system from Australia does not generate enough hydrogen to fuel a miserable fuel cell car. That technology isn't ready for prime time. The efficiency of these units is subpar at best coming in 50 percent and doesn't include the at home infrastructure required to transfer the hydrogen without killing yourself. It's fantasy.
Spending billions on new infrastructure for hydrogen is a ridiculous waste of money when the existing electrical grid is already available.
100 fold improvement from nothing is still nothing.
There are plenty of articles showing that hydrogen is a fairytale full of wishful thinking full of fantastical assumptions. It's kinda like California's recently announced climate plan.
Until that changes BMW and Toyota shouldn't be wasting resources when they have more important things to worry about such as keeping their doors open.