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XonikzD t1_iy3s8q6 wrote

Reply to comment by Meatball_pressure in 'Landmark achievement': Rolls-Royce and easyJet hail successful hydrogen jet engine test by Wagamaga

If it's about point of use variables and if all production, transport, and useage "carbon impact" costs were equal, then hydrogen is great for personal transport. Unfortunately, production and transport aren't equal. Applications like jet fuel where hydrogen is part of a controlled reaction for thrust are way different that hydrogen applications in vehicles where hydrogen is part of the electrical discharge process to power electrical batteries that then deliver energy for motors. In the EV Vs Hydrogen dialogues online most people seem to think that hydrogen cars and busses are "burning" hydrogen and that is not the case.

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Meatball_pressure t1_iy4epz7 wrote

Elon fanboys got their crotch less panties in a bunch. I said it before and I’ll say it again, fuck EVs. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-18/bmw-group-chairman-oliver-zipse-hydrogen-cars-are-still-happening

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XonikzD t1_iy4ghoo wrote

I also am not a fan of Elon or his business practises or the mismanagement of EV marketing over the past two decades from him and any of the fanboys on that particular side of the playing field. I also, however, have been around long enough to know that each vehicle and each "fuel source" will have its proponents and its naysayers and eventually everything works out to whatever the easiest possible method is for getting something done with the appropriate tool at hand. I think every single one of these should be developed to their extent and the market should decide which one is the easiest thing to work with for the desired outcome and desired cost.

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