Hydrogen
A reader who believes that hydrogen fuel cell-based vehicles represent our future asked me to explain why I disagree.My belief is that hydrogen is a red herring, and I become more convinced of that with each passing year. As a nation, we’ve been talking about this since the OPEC embargo in the second Nixon administration a full 50 years ago.
To me, electrification seems to be the only path that makes sense; Big Auto/Oil knows this but wants to keep the world distracted indefinitely.
As always, cost issues reign supreme. The price of batteries per kWh has fallen by almost 90% in the last 15 years, and the cost of installing a fuel delivery infrastructure for hydrogen on a continental scale is prohibitive.
