Shell Is Immediately Closing All Of Its California Hydrogen Stations | The oil giant is one of the big players in hydrogen globally, but even it can’t make its operations work here.::The oil giant is one of the big players in hydrogen globally, but even it can’t make its operations work here. All seven of its California stations will close immediately.

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    7 months ago

    Because you can put that electricity directly into the grid rather than wasting it making hydrogen.

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      7 months ago

      Lol that’s not the goal, the goal is to charge a car… you’re finding a problem to solve that’s not even in the same area…

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        7 months ago

        You can use electricity on the grid to charge a car. Not sure if you were aware of that. It’s going to be a whole lot more efficient at it than hydrogen.