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by oori 1518 days ago
1. Storage and pipes: highly regulated, you need local permits to store and use, and those are usually capacity-limited. And after that - the pipeline and various gas leak protection mechanisms are expensive.

2. Electrolyzer efficiencies are ~50%. (one way). Some new companies claim higher numbers, but it’s still 2-5 years away.

3. First viable use cases are micro-grids (towers, neighborhood, hospital, ..), rather than single homes