• KᑌᔕᕼIᗩ@lemmy.mlEnglish
    9·
    1 year ago

    Honestly I’m glad that somebody is exploring other environmentally friendly alternatives too, nothing wrong with having options.

    • FooBarrington@lemmy.worldEnglish
      63·
      1 year ago

      Kind of? Hydrogen can be environmentally friendly, but EVs have big advantages:

      • Creating and burning hydrogen is way less efficient than EVs (almost an order of magnitude)
      • Hydrogen is much cheaper to create in environmentally unfriendly ways (using natural gas etc.)
      • Unless we have massive overproduction of power, the additional energy can be better used to de-carbonify other processes with larger impact
      • xenspidey@lemmy.zipEnglish
        31·
        1 year ago

        That’s why generating hydrogen during off-peak hours from a nuclear power plant will be very beneficial. It may be less efficient but way better for the environment then lithium

        • FooBarrington@lemmy.worldEnglish
          33·
          1 year ago

          You still have all the transport and storage costs associated with hydrogen. I’d need to see a study that actually determines the environmental impact of lithium to believe you.