• Frub@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    The technology is extremely underdeveloped. That’s why it’s so expensive and impractical right now. Batteries aren’t ecological saints either.

    • BastingChemina@slrpnk.net
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      1 year ago

      Hydrogen is a pain to store and work with. Even on rocket engine that is worth millions it’s almost impossible to avoid leaks.

      On the other hand gas can be carried in a plastic bottle and electricity is already available everywhere.

      I don’t see any future where hydrogen car become mainstream.

      • zurohki
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        1 year ago

        Hydrogen is such a pain to deal with, the filling stations cost something like a million dollars each.

        You can’t just use normal materials to contain high pressure hydrogen - the molecules are so small that it seeps through steel and turns it brittle.