Baku@aussie.zoneM to Melbourne Trains@aussie.zoneEnglish · 8 months agoVictoria warned against ‘very inefficient’ hydrogen buses after trial announcedwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareAndrew Bartlett@mastodon.nzoss.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months ago@zurohki @Hypx Given the ability to build pretty large hydrogen or ammonia tanks, would it scale better than dams or chemistry for week-plus durations?
minus-squareHypx@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoYes, that’s the point. The problem of batteries is that you need to mine a vast amount of raw materials for them. So it doesn’t even matter how much “better” they are. It is simply not an answer no matter what.
@zurohki @Hypx Given the ability to build pretty large hydrogen or ammonia tanks, would it scale better than dams or chemistry for week-plus durations?
Yes, that’s the point. The problem of batteries is that you need to mine a vast amount of raw materials for them. So it doesn’t even matter how much “better” they are. It is simply not an answer no matter what.