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Originally Posted by JCL
There are hydrogen powered vehicles, but that isn't the problem. There is no hydrogen distribution network, but that isn't the problem. The problem is that hydrogen is being touted as a fuel. As long as it takes energy to produce hydrogen, hydrogen shouldn't be considered a fuel, but rather a way of storing energy.
It is analogous to electric vehicles. Until we have clean cheap electricity (compared to today's sources) electric vehicles in most cities aren't clean, they are just causing the air to be dirty over the power station instead of where they are being driven. And, the efficiency losses through the distribution channel from the power station to the vehicle battery mean that we are setting ourselves back, not helping, on the energy conservation front.
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I thought the Germans have been making hydrogen with solar powered electrolysis for years. Don't they have these massive operations in North Africa? And does not Air Liquide or somebody already have this huge hydrogen pipeline? I was under the impression that low density and high volatility of the fuel was the issue. Tanks would be large due to the quantity needed to provide any meaningful range. Isn't there a hydrogen fuel celled bus in Chicago?