As the car industry’s largest hybrid pusher, Toyota says it is better positioned to just buy credits to close the EPA gap rather than “waste” money on BEVs, its CEO said.
  • Varyk
    27·
    9 months ago

    Oh. Well that’s a silly distinction of them to make. Hydrogen is abundant and refining processes are constantly getting cleaner, especially these days, no worries.

        • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
          21·
          9 months ago

          That doesn’t mean it’s accessible to be put into fuel cells.

          • Varyk
            13·
            9 months ago

            Are you asking a question?

            Because the hydrogen I’m mentioning is accessible to be put into fuel cells.

              • Varyk
                11·
                9 months ago

                Correct. That is where fuel processing comes into play.

                For all fuels, let’s say gasoline for example, you can’t just grab a bowl of oil from a crude oil well and dump it into your fuel tank.

                The fuel needs to be carefully refined and processed.

                Same with hydrogen, same with biofuels, that’s how refined fuels work.

                • HerrBeter@lemmy.world
                  2·
                  9 months ago

                  There’s no skipping thermodynamics, maybe there will be a technology for an arbitrary molecule to hydrogen gas reformation but it doesn’t exist to my knowledge. Electrolysis of water means breaking the bonds and that takes a lot of electrical energy.

                  • Varyk
                    11·
                    9 months ago

                    What you’re saying is correct afaik, although i don’t see its bearing on hydrogen fuel generation or how it’s bad for BEVs as an industry.

                    Are you trying to ask a question about hydrogen fuel generation or processing, or BEVs?

                    Or are you just lamenting that one specific fuel processing method you’re aware of for FCEVs isn’t as efficient as you want it to be?