Hydrogen is a politically driven scam. It is currently made from fossil fuel, with a byproduct of CO2. Far more CO2 is produced in this process than if the car fueled by hydrogen simply ran on gasoline. The electrolysis method of producing hydrogen requires far more energy than what is usable in the hydrogen. The day that the lofty hydrogen dream finally dies is the day you will hear cheering from most of us in this forum.GO HYDRO!
Exactly. They take natural gas, which is mostly CH4 (methane), and strip the `H4s` (hydrogen) off to use as fuel. Now the C (carbon) is lonely and naturally clings to the nearest O2 (oxygen) floating around, so now we have a bunch of CO2. Not only does it produce carbon dioxide, but it consumes valuable oxygen.most hydrogen is made by "stripping" LNG so that the carbon ends up as co2, and some of the hydrogen can be collected. again
You are right, they don't defend Hydrogen at all. They explain how the automakers convinced the government that Hydrogen is better, how they dangled the hydrogen dream in front of us and continue to do so, even though the necessary technology is still 30 years away. Just before CARB voted to cancel the EV mandate, its head, Alan Lloyd, got a job in hydrogen research. The hydrogen folks promise long ranges and renewable fuel, even though they still have less range than the EV1 did, and use fuel that is more damaging than the gasoline that I/we are addicted to. THIS is why I hate the movie - because it reminds me of all this stuff and makes me angry!I thought they explain near the end of the film that hydrogen is a bit of a red herring. They do explain that it diverted attention away from BEVs, but I don't remember them defending it.
