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by r00fus 1751 days ago
Perhaps it's the US states like CA that have basically shown that they can't support H2 fuel supply lines.

Take a look at the current status of stations in CA [1]. Mostly offline, and who knows for how long. A symptom of the entire fuel-cell economy.

[1] https://m.cafcp.org

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I don't think adding new infrastructure is even necessary anymore. In fact, in many places, we're seeing natural gas lines intentionally not being built for new homes. Why? Electric is enough. Heat pumps for your home, modern electric appliances are arguably better than natural gas, no need to maintain electric lines AND gas lines. Adding hydrogen into the mix means a whole parallel set of infrastructure. Look into what happened in Lawrence Massachusetts (hardly the sticks) when the gas company made a mistake -- the town quite literally burst into flames.
I sympathize with going full electric in the home with modern appliances, but honestly the hydrogen thing was all supposed to be for automotives.

The cheapest hydrogen fuel is a byproduct of fracking so that's why it was pushed. It was never sustainable or made sense, obviously.

That’s worse than the McFlurry machines. There was a big push for hydrogen when Schwarzenegger was governator, but the infrastructure for hydrogen hasn’t expanded beyond that. Fuel cell technology for cars, like its emissions, are vaporware.