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I can see Hydrogen as having uses for industrial chemistry. I can also see it having uses for jet fuel, and for vehicles that must travel a long way away from c
by JulianMorrison 6y ago
I can see Hydrogen as having uses for industrial chemistry. I can also see it having uses for jet fuel, and for vehicles that must travel a long way away from charging points, assuming batteries never reach the same energy density as gasoline.
But for civilian cars, it's a bad battery. It's hard to store and hard to use, and it explodes. The only reason fuel companies love it is that it keeps people coming to the pumps, rather than plugging in any damn place like with battery-electric.
- rswskg 6y agoAnywhere with water and electric can produce it. It's why Japan has long favoured it with the their (now previous) abundance of nuclear.
- Qwertious 6y agoAFAICT Japan favours hydrogen as a replacement for LNG.
- JulianMorrison 6y agoAnywhere with electricity can charge a battery. You only need H2 if you need to go where batteries can't, or if you're doing actual chemistry.