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The efficiency of Hydrolysis is definitely a big issue, but still, it's not a hard-supply issue like Lithium/Cobalt.
by ho243i2434324 3y ago
The efficiency of Hydrolysis is definitely a big issue, but still, it's not a hard-supply issue like Lithium/Cobalt.
- b7we5b7a 3y agoYes, but you need to build a similar network of hydrogen pumps as we already have for gas, hydrogen requires more power and infrastructure to store, requires more energy to extract, cars need pressurized tanks, ............ Batteries are simply cheaper, and require far less infrastructure. Summarized in an image: https://cdn.motor1.com/images/mgl/OrLRA/s1/efficiency-compared-battery-electric-73-hydrogen-22-ice-13.webp https://cdn.motor1.com/images/mgl/OrLRA/s1/efficiency-compar...
- panick21_ 3y agoNeither Lithium nor Cobalt have hard limits. Lithium is incredibly common. It does take a while to spin up new mines but all lithium producers are increasing capacity and there are 100s of startup ups working on it, many with government support. Cobalt is not as common but still not actually hard to find. Plus Cobalt is an increasingly small part of most batteries. LFP batteries will be in all lower cost EV. And even in higher cost NMC its by now less then 10% and trending even lower. Neither of these are significant long term supply issues.