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Japan generally has the population density to roll out new infrastructure very quickly, so while I have no idea if they have any existing infrastructure in that
by paulmd 5y ago
Japan generally has the population density to roll out new infrastructure very quickly, so while I have no idea if they have any existing infrastructure in that area, the feeling may be that hydrogen is a "better" solution and they would rather just roll that out instead of the "easier, worse" solution (which also requires an infrastructure roll out to a large degree - just not as much as hydrogen).
I'm not saying hydrogen actually is better here, mind you, but if they think so, they may want to just go ahead and do it.
- thehappypm 5y agoIt’s funny because the infrastructure for electric cars is just a supplement to existing grids, vs hydrogen which needs new pipelines/trucks/filling stations.
- paulmd 5y agothat's what I'm saying, Japan is a small enough and dense enough country that rolling out a more complicated set of infrastructure is easier than it would be to do it in a place like the US. So maybe their thought is that electric is a half-measure and the "right" way is hydrogen, and they'll just roll it out and be done with it, because that's what Japan does. The kink in the plan being that the rest of the world is going the other way.