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  • CapeWearingAeroplane@sopuli.xyz
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    1 year ago

    I definitely think hydrogen and batteries solve different problems, and we’re going to need both. Batteries have lower energy waste when recharging, and can handle power fluctuations better, while hydrogen has a far higher energy density, and scales much better to large scale storage. In addition, hydrogen tanks don’t wear out the same way as batteries after many empty-full cycles.

    This makes hydrogen very good for large scale applications, where the power requirements don’t fluctuate much.