So let me get this straight: We’re gonna burn coal to produce electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen, and then burn the hydrogen to produce electricity to run cars. And this is going to allow us to be energy efficient? Oh, and at the same time we’re going to shut down as many coal-fired power generation plants as possible and run the whole country on windmills and solar cells. When the grid fails, welcome to the 19th century.
The electricity could be produced by nuclear power. The Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor (LFTR) seems promising,.