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Originally Posted by Fuzz
Hydrogen is a tough one, because it is like gas, but also like a battery. The benefit being no mining for minerals. The drawback being it only really makes sense to convert electricity to hydrogen when you have spare electrical capacity, which is rare(but a great use for it). Converting it from hydrocarbons doesn't make loads of sense. I think there is a use case for it, but I'm not sure it is in consumer vehicles.
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You still need to mine the minerals though. The fuel cell just charges the battery which powers the car. Then you also need a lot of platinum for the fuel cell and the electrolysis. You're not saving any mining