• Nath@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    The problems with hydrogen have never been with using it as a fuel source. The first problem is storage/transport of the fuel and the second is what happens to a vehicle with a hydrogen fuel tank when it’s ruptured in an accident?

    I can see a train making sense - a lot more space for storage and cooling, plus the risk of an accident is very low. But I haven’t seen anything about these issues being addressed in motor vehicles.

    • Ocelot@lemmies.world
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      1 year ago

      Hydrogen takes a lot of energy to extract, transport, and store. It makes it orders of magnitude less efficient than simply using that energy to charge a battery directly.