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Re:Toyota is quietly pushing Congress to slow the shift to e... by chmod600 on Monday July 26, 2021 @04:51PM (#27965286)
Propane is a vastly different substance with different properties. I'm not sure why you are so insistent that they should be similar.

Sure, EVs and hydrogen each have their pros and cons. But that is meaningless without numbers. So far, it seems like the numbers work out a lot better for EVs.

Maybe someone comes up with a great idea and hydrogen becomes the future of cars. But there is zero evidence of that today.

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Re:Toyota is quietly pushing Congress to slow the shift to e... by Clubber on Monday July 26, 2021 @07:16PM (#27966676)
>I'm not sure why you are so insistent that they should be similar.

I'm not insistent, I'm just asking why it's not possible or practical to swap out a hydrogen tank in a vehicle. I guess that's heretical.

Here's a company that sells tanks. You can use it for welding among other things. There's one in just about every city.

https://www.airgas.com/resources/gases101/hydrogen

Fork lifts currently use them too.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/21/musk-calls-hydrogen-fuel-cel...

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