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> moving hydrogen is so hilariously in efficient though. It would have to be produced right where you fill the tank of those ships, trucks and planes. Exactly!
by danans 4y ago
> moving hydrogen is so hilariously in efficient though. It would have to be produced right where you fill the tank of those ships, trucks and planes.
Exactly! I see hundreds of H2 generation facilities adjacent to trucking routes near the massive wind resources of the US great plains.
Each would have a fuel stop with high efficiency H2 electrolyzers and tanks that buffer H2 using wind piwer when it's available, so intermittency won't matter, since stationary hydrogen storage is a solved problem. Hydrolysis is also a solved problem, and getting more efficient constantly (currently up to 70%). Oh, and the facility's only exhaust is oxygen.
Substitute wind with the locally abundant source of renewable energy, and presto, no shipping of hydrogen needed.