It’s important to understand that Hydrogen is simply a storage mechanism like gasoline. How “green” the solution is depends on how the hydrogen is produced and how it’s used. If used in an IC engine, there is the oxides of nitrogen problem as already mentioned. Using it in a fuel cell eliminates that issue.

As far as production goes, there are many methods to produce Hydrogen, which vary in efficiency, but if the plan is to electrolyze water using electricity as shown in the video, then there’s this little issue of the fact that it takes more energy to produce than it yields as a fuel. That begs the question of why not just use the electricity directly? The loss in efficiency has to balanced against the drawbacks of current battery technology.

Of course, it would require a completely new distribution system. Although it needs to be upgraded, the electrical distribution system is already in place. And there’s the issue of the explosion potential when storing and transferring hydrogen. In terms of replacing gasoline/diesel IC power plants, it remains to be seen which technology, hydrogen, electric or another new technology, wins in the long run.

Just like the slave-ish labor that is employed to strip mine the rare earth metals for touch screens, the pollution in battery disposal, as well as the exponential energy overrun to make EV’s compared to convention ICE’s vitually guarantee the EV as it exists today is going the way of the dodo. Eventually, environmentalists will be forced to admit the math does not recommend EV’s as they exist today. To replace current tech, new tech must be both cleaner and cheaper, or it simply won’t be a replacement.

Just like the slave-ish labor that is employed to strip mine the rare earth metals for touch screens, the pollution in battery disposal, as well as the exponential energy overrun to make EV’s compared to convention ICE’s vitually guarantee the EV as it exists today is going the way of the dodo. Eventually, environmentalists will be forced to admit the math does not recommend EV’s as they exist today. To replace current tech, new tech must be both cleaner and cheaper, or it simply won’t be a replacement.