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Originally Posted by timwilky
we have the potential for lots of excess electicity from renewables.
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For the above, substitute 'we have the potential for very little electricity from renewables which have cost (and continue to cost) taxpayers an awful lot of money in subsidies for very little in return'
Now that is nearer the truth............
(Hydrogen can also be made from certain bacteria / chlorophyll working digesting plant material under the right (closed tank in the dark) circumstances, but it would probably mean covering every bit of spare land with tanks that would make poly-tunnels look pretty.
The Honda Clarity fuel cell car was running around decades ago in limited quantities, I think infrastructure to supply explosive hydrogen at enormous pressures was the limiting factor.