There are some simple dynamics working against hydrogen as a fuel.
It might be more efficient than petrol but it doesn't rate against a battery-driven vehicle.
When it comes to batteries, roughly 70 per cent of the original energy produced at the source performs useful work in the vehicle.
With hydrogen, that drops to between 25 per cent and 30 per cent, while internal combustion engines at best deliver 20 per cent efficiency.
That means the solar, hydro, and wind farms need to deliver more than double the energy for the same result in a hydrogen car.
ABCLOINK.
Forrest cut back hard on his 100 hydrogen projects. one is proposed in my larger valley. the discussion as to why he had to cut back has certain brought some cheeky chuckles from the posters and I can understand why. he's terribly embarrassed.
so much so that in his 7.30 interview he was very canny with his words. when asked about green hydrogen he answered and switched to green energy. he changed trademarks. the remainder of his answer veered away. he's also continued to drop green 'steel' and now only ever refers to green iron.
imo he's hit a large stump that broke his plough. he's found the cost of producing hydrogen cannot be fully spent.
