U.S. Gas consumption and our Hydrogen Future

Westerners not only have far more cars, but the distances they drive are also 3–4 times longer on average than those of Indians and Chinese. The United States alone—where monster SUVs roam and driving is considered a birthright— Fuel economy has stagnated for a quarter-century as cars grew larger, heavier, and more muscular. In New York, a Nano might be mistaken for a golf cart.

The way to a sustainable future will not be by denying people what they want (and clearly need), but by providing equally attractive alternatives that are less damaging.


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Finally, CA Hydrogen Highway effort passed away.

These recent headlines from EVWorldwire tell the recent story:

• Has California’s Hydrogen Highway Run ‘Out of Gas’?
• It’s a bumpy ride on the Hydrogen Highway
• California officials try to save plan for hydrogen highway

Let’s hope the next one is: An End to Energy Subsidies

After all, there is nothing wrong with hydrogen as a molecule. It was just foolish policy of picking future technologies that led us down this road to waste (and false hopes).

The simpler answer, and the one that allows all innovators to play equally, is to tax fossil fuels and let the market sort it out.

Also see:

• Climate Progress Dehypes Hydrogen Again
• The Hype About Hydrogen: Fact and Fiction in the Race to Save the Climate
• Hydrogen highway hits dead end
• hydrogen fuel car is dead: analyst

-- but if I've said it once ..

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