We need hydrogen powered vehicles just to spite this guy, if nothing else.
Hydrogen is definitely interesting for the future but is currently used by the oil industry to stall the transition away from gas. On top of that, almost all hydrogen making its way to market is dirty.
We can think about hydrogen and the mountains of infrastructure it needs after the oil barons are all dead.
Hydrogen is definitely interesting for the future
Hardly, since Methanol does most things better.
I don’t think transitioning to either predominantly BEVs or hydrogen powered vehicles really affects the energy mix since the electricity to charge BEVs also comes from natural gas. That said, the infrastructure to support fast charging for a predominantly BEV fleet isn’t there either, especially for cargo trucks.
Most of the hydrogen on market is made with methane.
EVs use whatever source is being given, and most of these sources are converting to renewables.
Not comparable imo.
It’s also worth noting that EVs can be charged at home. Fast charging isn’t necessary for most and it’s silly to pretend like hydrogen doesn’t need its own distribution network. It’s a lot more complicated to set up a hydrogen refilling station than a fast charging one and you can’t fully fill your hydrogen over night by plugging it into your wall outlet.
need hydrogen powered vehicles just to spite this guy
No need. Tesla is history. All the big carmakers can offer better electric models, either now or very soon.
Unfortunately, I think the other manufacturers are also following Tesla’s model of oversized batteries and software gimmicks.
If you want to spite this guy, ride a bus.
That’s fair, but Musk has specifically complained about FCEVs before.
Yeah, but he’s right about that part. Hybrid cars are just BEVs with more steps that can’t be recharged at home. Maybe useful for planes and other specific applications. Dumb for cars.
Or a train. He realllly hates trains. If they’re not in stupid-ass evacuated tubes and separated into pods, that is.
Techbros love reinventing trains https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5M7Oq1PCz4
I knew it was gonna be Adam Something, lol. That dude has the best Elon roasts.
And a train can even be greener than his silly cars with direct electrification via 3rd rail or overhead catenary.
You do know that nearly all fuel cell vehicles also use lithium and a battery pack, as well the fuel cell it self uses a number of rare earth metals.
I don’t know how the mineral ingredients of a fuel cell stack compare to a lithium battery, but assuming they’re the same, a fuel cell vehicle has significantly less of them. For example, the fuel cell stack in the Toyota Mirai weighs about 19kg and is complemented with a battery that weighs 45kg (1, 2). In comparison, the Tesla Model 3 carries a battery weighing 480kg. Therefore, a BEV has about 6.5x as much stuff of questionable origin (and questionable disposal requirements) as a FCEV.
The FCEV is going to be fueled from fossil fuels for the foreseeable future
Today, about 95% of all hydrogen is produced from steam reforming of natural gas.
EV battery packs however can be nearly fully recycled back into more batteries.
https://blog.ucsusa.org/jessica-dunn/how-are-ev-batteries-actually-recycled/
I’m so fucking sick of seeing this person’s name 😤🙄
Use a filter.
Well, thanks actually, that helps a bit.
Downvoting anything this fucker related.
I dont think free speech is free when you are the richest man in the world. If you dont like the weight on your shoulders give away your wealth.
Lets see a big industry leader influencing and directing state forces is called something . . It’s . . agh I was just thinking this the other day . . Oh well. It’s probably not relevant.
Is there any evidence of American rat-fuckery in the Bolivian coup attempt?
We won’t know until the tell all book is written in ten years.
Is there any evidence of empire not being involved?
If the US wants to say the whole western hemisphere is its business then the US better explain how its business includes that.
So Elon is backing the guy who chickened out while holding people hostage, sounds like someone he’d pick
Paywall
Apartheid tech bro saying exactly what an Apartheid tech bro would say.
The same county that just tried to have a coup?
Hey NSA/CIA/FBI you guys might want to check that one out…
- this is a member only article so people are going to mention the (pay) wall
- this is about a tweet from 2020
- what does expressing overthrowing a country in 2020 have to do with c/technology?
this is about a
tweetcoup attempt from20202024.There was just another coup attempt recently. If you think that these coups are planned in a few weeks, that’s not how it works.
what does expressing overthrowing a country in 2020 have to do with c/technology?
Elon and pals want to coup Bolivia to steal their lithium for use in “technology”.
Do I really need to explain this stuff?
I couldn’t read any further, so thanks for more context. I would really love it if we’d share more open articles here so there is the full context to digest and discuss
Oh good, apartheid techbrobaby wants to create a Lithium Republic because Bananas aren’t what he cares about.
it’s cool that he’s not president
Of all ways to describe the Bolivian government, this is the one that paints it as the best government ever.
Removed by mod
Only if Chiquita actually failed miserably.
Chiquita never ended. It’s not the next. It’s yet another.
