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Originally Posted by OyCrumbler
They've built 170+ stations (not stalls) which is way more than anywhere else and a substantial majority of the funding to build these stations has come from the government. Most of these are in the three largest metropolitan areas and the roads between them, so it's ostensibly a very functional network. It's also been around for quite a bit and it was a fascinating thing to see and use a decade ago, but on a visit back right before the pandemic, the station I saw looked a bit shabby.
These stations themselves are quite expensive as they have to be highly compressed and have quite specialized tanks in order to prevent leaking, so it was a lot of money put into it but maybe not that much to show for it.
I think hydrogen fuel cells makes sense in a lot of other applications where the higher energy density and quicker refueling makes a lot of difference and that there doesn't need to be a large number of filling stations to build and keep topped up. It might also have a specialized niche where the water vapor byproduct is also useful such as on boats as a starting basis for potable water, but it's not very promising for consumer road vehicles.
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Oh wow, you've actually used the Fuel Cell Vehicles and fueling network there? Totally cool - I am jealous :-).
Yes agreed - I am not saying there is no place for hydrogen as a fuel, but at least with the present state of technology, it seems significantly less attractive than good ol' electricity for most purposes.
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