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I thought hydrogen had been debunked by now. Tesla had a great 'well to wheel' efficiency analysis post on their blog a few years back that killed any notion o
by IanDrake 10y ago
I thought hydrogen had been debunked by now.
Tesla had a great 'well to wheel' efficiency analysis post on their blog a few years back that killed any notion of a hydrogen economy.
- protomyth 10y agoThey quote Mr. Musk in the article, but it seems Toyota and Honda feel differently.
- ams6110 10y agoSurely Mr. Musk would not be biased in any way?
- rmason 10y agoHere in Michigan the Big 3 have promoted hydrogen for a long time. But other than small level fleet tests its never been a real option. The stories cycle back every couple of years. In fact it reminds me of PG's old submarine essay: http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html
- jessriedel 10y agoGo easy on using "debunked" and "killed". "Discredited", "flawed", or "unpopular" would be less inflammatory and more accurate. http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/12/13/debunked-and-well-refuted/ http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/12/13/debunked-and-well-refut...
- hyperbovine 10y agoOf course, Tesla is totally impartial in this matter.
- transfire 10y agoElan might be biased, but so are the Big Energy companies who don't want to give up the control that a physical commodity grants them.