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Clean-air car you can't use: California hydrogen vehicle owners can't find fuel

• MBCook 11mo ago
  Doesn’t the hydrogen somehow come from fossil fuels anyway? I know there are completely clean ways to get it like splitting water apart using solar energy. But that’s not what was actually happening in practice right? I was under the impression for the people who bought one of these that they’re tended to only be a single place they could ever fuel up anyway. Like maybe there were a couple throughout California but realistically you’ll never had a choice because it was never popular enough. That is one thing electric cars didn’t have to overcome. Electricity was already available everywhere. Charging off a 120v outlet is slow (I know, I do it) but it works.
  • pavel_lishin 11mo ago
    > Doesn’t the hydrogen somehow come from fossil fuels anyway? So does a significant part of electric power.
    • toomuchtodo 11mo ago
      https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/solar-is-crushing-gas-in-california-this-year https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/solar-is-crushing... https://app.electricitymaps.com/map/zone/US-CAL-CISO/12mo/monthly https://app.electricitymaps.com/map/zone/US-CAL-CISO/12mo/mo... ~50% of California’s electricity over the last year was sourced from renewables, ~60% from all low carbon generators. The last 50% will not take as long as the first 50%. Electric vehicles get cleaner as the grid gets cleaner. Hydrogen for light vehicles is dead; scrap the cars and move on.