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10/01/19

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Originally posted by FiendishRedbeard ↑

Originally posted by topwon
"Pollution produced from making batteries is a one off at the time of production"
Perhaps you have forgotten that batteries need to be recharged. In coal producing areas the main source of power for recharging electric car batteries comes from fossil fuels (at least this is true for U.S.A.). I also acknowledge that currently the major method for the production of hydrogen uses natural gas and this is probably the basis of your argument. However, there are other renewable methods of hydrogen production, just as there are for recharging batteries. The following are renewable for fuel cells with further methods in development.

Electrolysis: An electric current splits water into hydrogen and oxygen. If the electricity is produced by renewable sources, such as solar or wind, the resulting hydrogen will be considered renewable as well, and has numerous emissions benefits. Power-to-hydrogen projects are taking off, where excess renewable electricity, when it's available, is used to make hydrogen through electrolysis.

Renewable Liquid Reforming: Renewable liquid fuels, such as ethanol, are reacted with high-temperature steam to produce hydrogen near the point of end use.

Fermentation: Biomass is converted into sugar-rich feedstocks that can be fermented to produce hydrogen.

A number of hydrogen production methods are in development:

High-Temperature Water Splitting: High temperatures generated by solar concentrators or nuclear reactors drive chemical reactions that split water to produce hydrogen.

Photobiological Water Splitting: Microbes, such as green algae, consume water in the presence of sunlight, producing hydrogen as a byproduct.

Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting: Photoelectrochemical systems produce hydrogen from water using special semiconductors and energy from sunlight.

Yep I did forget that, I was thinking about home solar charging and off Peak charging.
Note my take is fuel cell vehicles will remain niche and disappear even with alternative and or cheaper production methods for hydrogen. Hydrogen is better served in industrial and power use.

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Fair enough FR. But even with the increased production of electric cars we are getting all time highs of palladium. Right now $1310 per oz or $19 per oz more expensive than gold. So demand doesn't appear to be affected.
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