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neofreakx2 t1_j4tvfuh wrote

Hydrogen is absolutely incredible for efficiency, reliability, emissions...it's great at nearly everything except energy density, which it's absolutely God awful at. Unfortunately energy density is by far the most important aspect of a practical vehicle, because nobody wants to drive around in a tanker full of literal rocket fuel just to have a range beyond a hundred miles. There's a reason the space industry has all but abandoned LH2. I can see it being an incredible alternative to battery storage at a utility scale, but not at a vehicle scale.

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Huxley077 t1_j4ve2jl wrote

Though you are correct in the energy density being bad, it's also horribly inefficient to MAKE it. The work and power requirements outweighs the benefit is a other draw back

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gh0stwriter88 t1_j4x73tx wrote

Hydrogen makes steel brittle...can permeate it directly, and has incredibly bad energy density...

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