Numbers help. For instance, an experimental Toyota Camry with three carbon wound hydrogen tanks was filled to "700 bar" with hydrogen for a range of 300 miles. Nobody who wants to convey pressure to the general public uses bars. It is always PSI. 700 bar translates to 5 tons per square inch in a car that weighs less than 2 tons. One tank manufacturing defect and the Camry goes "ballistic" in some direction.
If hydrogen is made from natural gas, there is always a little CO included in the Hydrogen. That over time corrodes the Fuel Cell. The rough rule of thumb was that the fuel cell would last "2,000 hours". At 30 mph, that's 60K miles. YMMV That leaves electrolysis which is very inefficient. Then there is the transport of hydrogen to refueling stations. Hydrogen seeps through pipes because it is such a small atom. If it didn't, then you have a whole lot of new infrastructure to build. Tanker trucks are another story. They are capacity limited. I keep looking for genuine breakthroughs and I am not finding them. Most of what I read is hype. Meanwhile, a Tesla pack lasts from 300,000 to 500,000 miles with Musk's goal of 1 million miles. A million miles is 20K miles per year for 50 years. Basically, a lifetime of driving on one pack. Tesla has announced a recycling plan where they will be recycling 92 to 97% of a pack. There are too many basic issues with hydrogen fuel cells that have yet to be resolved in order to compete with a BEV. I'm considering purchasing another EV and a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle is not on that list of choices for a lot of fundamental reasons. I have not seen anything in your arguments to dissuade me from a BEV or point me to a viable HFCEV vehicle. On Sun, Aug 15, 2021 at 1:56 AM Mark Abramowitz via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > I’m not sure what you want numbers on, but a point can certainly be made > without them, and frequently, numbers can get in the way. > > - Mark > > Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > > > On Aug 14, 2021, at 8:47 PM, Peri Hartman via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > > > Mark, if you wish to present a point, please at least provide numbers in > > your post and a more specific reference. We all have other things to do, > > beside repeat research you've already done. > > Peri > > > > << Annoyed by leaf blowers ? https://quietcleanseattle.org/ >> > > > > ------ Original Message ------ > > From: "Mark Abramowitz" <ma...@enviropolicy.com> > > To: "Peri Hartman" <pe...@kotatko.com>; "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" > > <ev@lists.evdl.org> > > Sent: 14-Aug-21 07:09:30 > > Subject: Re: [EVDL] hydrogen isn't green, after all > > > >> I think focus on that article was not “green” hydrogen, but “blue” > >> hydrogen, made from fossil with carbon sequestered. > >> > >> All I’ll say about blue hydrogen is that I share some of your concerns > >> about the ability to really do it. > >> > >> On the green side, I think that your numbers are way off. > >> > >> Do a search for Hydrogen 101 and Jack Brouwer for some interesting > >> numbers. And I can tell you that in terms of the economics, at least one > >> company that is building production plants as we speak, believes that they > >> can produce green hydrogen at a cost competitive with “grey” hydrogen, and > >> within a few years, competitive with diesel, which is really what we need > >> to compare it with. > >> > >> - Mark > >> > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
