I understand that we don’t have the infrastructure. That’s not what I meant when I said a ready-made replacement. I was talking about whether its performance and economics can match that of gasoline.
Can I get tank of hydrogen for $5/gallon and can I tow a 2,000lb trailer on my Ford F3500 that is full of tools and get nearly the same performance as my truck absent a trailer like I can with hydrocarbons. That’s what I meant.
If hydrogen is indeed ready to roll out, it can probably be rolled out quickly enough to replace the infrastructure that we have in place for gas and diesel.
Well see the infrastructure and generating capacity is low so the cost is high compared to gas. Theres not really enough out there yet to bring prices down as its not large scale. Also it has a lot more storage issues.
Right now its more expensive. How fast and expansive production and stations come up will help lower costs but like I said it will take a couple decades.
Found a decent article talking about this:
https://www.autoweek.com/drives/a33651995/bye-bye-long-term-mirai/