What Happened To The Hydrogen Economy? The hydrogen economy has failed to materialize for the average consumer. Five key factors stand out – 1. The Infrastructure That Never Came, 2. The Cost of Clean Hydrogen, 3. The Rise of Battery Electric Vehicles, 4. Policy Whiplash, 5. The Efficiency Dilemma.
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There’s a small potential for hydrogen semi trucks and cross ocean shipping, but for the average car on the road EV is just a better solution. The tech exists and only requires electrical which is already built out. It does require upgrades, but way less than a hydrogen distribution system
What happened to the hydrogen economy?
You can only ignore physics for so long. No amount of policy and lobby work is going to change physics.
The same factors we were discussing five years ago. All of this was predictable. The “hydrogen economy” never made sense technically or economically. It was just a ‘hail Mary’ from a desperate fossil fuel industry alarmed about its future prospects in a clean energy economy.
It was always a scam. Waaay too expensive and still generates CO2 to manufacture.