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Re:Oil sector is lobbying for inefficient hydrogen cars to d... by _aavaa_ on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @07:09AM (#37843041)
But there isn’t any infrastructure for fueling the hydrogen cars.

A move towards hydrogen means 3-5x more energy requirements (which also cost money) as well as a transmission and distribution network for the gas.

At home charging and on street parking charging will be an easier retrofit than the construction of new refueling stations.

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Re:Oil sector is lobbying for inefficient hydrogen cars to d... by LtWorf on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @05:02PM (#37850217)
Well the whole powergrid needs to be basically re-made to handle all the extra load… although I agree that it's probably cheaper than distributing hydrogen.

Anyway we should go towards trains IMHO, we should absolutely not even have long distance trucks.

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