Shell Is Immediately Closing All Of Its California Hydrogen Stations | The oil giant is one of the big players in hydrogen globally, but even it can’t make its operations work here.::The oil giant is one of the big players in hydrogen globally, but even it can’t make its operations work here. All seven of its California stations will close immediately.

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    9 months ago

    Hydrogen is better for cars VS batteries in every meaningful way in 2024.

    Lol, no.

    severely underdeveloped technology of batteries we have today.

    Lol, no.

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      9 months ago

      Hydrogen is a great way of storing and transporting energy.

      If we could find more efficient ways of manufacturing hydrogen, it may be very worthwhile as a storage technology for power plants when there is a surplus of energy.

      Or for powering equipment that needs a ton of energy but can’t be tied to the grid…freight ships come to mind.

      But for cars? It was a workable idea when battery technology was terrible. There has been a lot of movement in that area. There’s still environmental and political concerns over lithium…but ultimately i think either lithium will be replaced by something even better, or we’ll find solutions to those concerns, and at this point, the cons of lithium are outweighed by the pros.