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Not to mention all the ecological damage mining for battery components does. I'm with you, hydrogen is the way to go
300kg of battery -> environmental catastrophe
The other 1,500kg of car? Made of unicorn kisses and butterfly dreams.
Also, hydrogen grows on trees apparently.
Yes, the batteries are smaller, but you also need the fuel cells catalyst. It's not a clear win for the HFC car.
A huge portion of our battery materials come from the Atacama Desert. There is no life at all in a lot of it.
You do know that we get most of our hydrogen from burning fossil fuels, right?
Unfortunately they're both death sentences. It's either public transport or climate apocalypse.
I am well aware we are doomed.