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Tostino t1_j553mkl wrote

Reply to comment by CAElite in The race to make diesel engines run on hydrogen by FDuquesne

Right. I tried to source a fuel cell for a project just to see how practical it would be...no fucking way at the moment. It's ~40-60k to get a reasonable amount of power out of them right now.

A simple 1kw fuel cell is sitting at like ~6k.

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CAElite t1_j55nc06 wrote

Yeah, in the video I linked he actually goes into the life cycle costs, fuel cells & batteries just don’t make sense in their current state vs hydrogen combustion, even if it is some 30-40% less efficient.

Personally I can see this carrying forward into other alternative fuel situations such as transportation, with budget & enthusiast markets, where efficiency plays second fiddle to cap ex or method of operation, alternative/carbon free fuel (hydrogen ultimately) ICE is here to stay.

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