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Refueling a hydrogen car in California is so annoying that drivers are suing Toyota (www.latimes.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This sounds like more magic batteries from the future rhetoric. An endless loop of fantasy ideas that never materializes into something usable. Right off the bat, you suspect it will be expensive to be viable for BEVs: https://www.goldenstatemint.com/blog/samsungs-silver-solid-state-battery-technology-1-kilogram-of-silver-per-car/

Note that you can build an entire energy storage system using hydrogen. People are simply refusing to accept that this is effectively a type of battery. People have a misplaced loyalty to existing technology, even though they would've laughed at its limitations just 15 years ago.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

You need a hydrogen distribution system! Stations, pipelines, everything! Insane amounts of infrastructure!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

You don't technically need one. You can make hydrogen locally if you had too.

Also, a hydrogen infrastructure would be cheaper than a comparable electrical infrastructure. People have forgotten or never realized how complex the grid really is.