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pjc50 on Dec 3, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: China ‘Is the Only One in the Race’ to Make Electr...

> Let's consider hydrogen cars are the next big thing.

.. let's not? Where are you getting the hydrogen, and how are you transporting it in the car?

rcMgD2BwE72F on Dec 3, 2018 [–]

>Where are you getting the hydrogen

Fossil fuels (nat gas, more specifically). Betting on electrolysis to produce hydrogen economically from renewable sources is as fanciful as betting on batteries to be made from renewable materials.

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