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Originally Posted by timun
There are some legit reasons why hydrogen proliferation is unlikely, so let's not peddle falsehoods like "per kWh produced a battery only loses a fraction of energy from production to consumption". That's a preposterous notion, power plants and the grid are not particularly efficient. And it's a pretty silly premise to base this all off of the electrolysis of water in the first place: hydrogen fuel is mostly made from natural gas.
It seems your entire line of reasoning is based on a fantasy-land belief that we'll all "electrify" with the panacea of "solar/wind/nuclear". Fat chance of that happening any time soon. "Home heating for most countries will be electrified"? Lololol
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1) "Well to wheel" hydrogen takes 2-3 times the energy (ie. A fraction) to move a km as compared battery if you put in the losses for both. That's not a falsehood, it's been proven over and over
2) If we're not moving on from fossil fuels then hydrogen is even more incredibly stupid and expensive.
As for others wondering why there's still companies putting money into it, it's largely due to sunk costs. O&G companies have assets they can use if we go hydrogen and they can control the fuel. Japanese car makers sunk billions into developing it. But make no mistake, the small hydrogen vehicle market is shrinking when it needs to be expanding exponentially. The war is over