[Governor Dinwiddie]

Whoop-dee-do! Katy bar the door!

*yawn*

[sauropod]

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[ImJustAnotherOkie]

how do you keep it from rusting?

[Honorary Serb]

Someday, we shall have better “green” energy technologies—when we really need them!

There’s really no need to rush, unless you’re a tyrant trying to crush humanity!! Modern civilization cannot be run on solar, wind, and batteries!!!!

[Bonemaker]

"Hydrogen fuel cells convert hydrogen to electricity..."

And then converts to fire.

[reg45]

Now crooks won’t try to steal your fuel cell just to get the platinum.

[Myrddin]

Hydrogen still needs to be generated from another energy source. It can be separated from natural gas or by electrolysis of water. Either way, it's just a store of transformed energy into a difficult to store form. The clean "burn" of hydrogen is desirable in the isolation of a space vehicle. Solar cells make sense in the same context. The extra expense can be justified in that special use case. It doesn't make a lick of sense for the terrestrial commuter. Diesel/gasoline/liquid propane make the best fuels for vehicles. Great energy density that is rapidly replenished in the process of traveling.

[PubliusMM]

Good News, surely.

[shotgun]

Since catalytic converters also use platinum and since they won’t be necessary with a hydrogen fuel cell, then I would think that there would be a cost offset.

Am I missing something here?

[tflabo]

Sounds promising and fantastic. Let entrepreneurial and technical research lead the way and not government edicts nor regulations. Develop away but leftards need to stop vilifying fossil fuels which are very necessary for current production of systems that fuel the economy. Dont destroy what currently is working in the name of ‘progress’.

[bigbob]

I used to work with some Real Smart People who were members of the Chicago Catalysis Club. It sounds funny til you understand how important catalysts are to just about everything. Don’t like being told to buy an EV? Better love your catalysts then, cuz those big honkin things you see driving past a refinery aren’t called “cat crackers” because they meow.

[hinckley buzzard]

Interesting. But the drawback to “green hydrogen” is that it is too costly and too hard to manage. Never be scalable for any intended use, other than niches.

[zeugma]

Hydrogen fuel cells convert hydrogen to electricity with just water vapor as a byproduct, making them an appealing green alternative for portable power, particularly for vehicles.

Water vapor is by far the biggest 'greenhouse' gas in our atmosphere.