Overhyping hydrogen as a fuel risks endangering net-zero goals

Re:Overhyping hydrogen as a fuel risks endangering net-zero ... by bluGill on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @03:04PM (#33629710)

The average car lasts about 12 years. Sure some collectors cars will be kept running for decades, but it will take about less than 2 decades to replace essentially all cars if we only made EVs. Only selling EVs is the law set to take effect in a few years.

I'm sure that the law will be rolled back a little when one of the 5-10% usecases where EVs don't work screams loud enough (probably shipping and remote areas), but it will become hard to find fuel for your gas car in a couple decades.

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Re:Overhyping hydrogen as a fuel risks endangering net-zero ... by melling on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @03:37PM (#33630159)

Yes, in the year 2035 the internal combustion engine no longer be sold. Unless we have to push back a few years.

That gets us to around 2050.

27 years from now.

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Re:Overhyping hydrogen as a fuel risks endangering net-zero ... by Karrot_Kream on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @07:50PM (#33633407)

To get to 100% EV usage, yes. In the US, we're already at 5.5% sales of all cars are BEVs, up from a year ago at 3.1%, up from 1% two years ago. In just 5 years a sizable portion of American cars will be BEV, which will create demand for charging and grid usage, which will accelerate the shift. In markets with lots of Tesla adoption, there's already a robust used Tesla market.

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