I think you are totally wrong sssdu01. Despite the existence of practical hydrogen cells for decades, car manufacturers are pulling out of developing hydrogen powered cars and putting all of their effort into batteries, including Toyota and Honda who have both finally relented. Producing hydrogen from electrolysis and then turning it back into electricity is grossly inefficient. Putting it into batteries is a much better option.
Far from a hydrogen filling station proliferating, expansion has been painfully slow. The following was reported in March this year,
"A new hydrogen pump has been installed at Beaconsfield services on the M40, the second on Britain’s motorway network and the first to be built ‘under the canopy’ at an existing petrol station."
Compare that with the absolute explosion in electric charging points all over the country, and indeed the world. Not to mention being able to plug in at home, the main way most people will charge up.
When everyone has a battery car plugged into an intelligent national grid when not in use, they can be used as a giant store to absorb all of that cheap off peak electricity that is produced by nuclear and wind overnight, and then release some of it back to the grid to iron out the peaks and troughs in demand.
I for one want to generate my own electricity at home to power a car. No more visiting filling stations, being a hostage of OPEC, and suffering extortionate rates of fuel tax. No government can tax energy that you produce yourself. They will have to charge for use of the roads, based on mileage and the amount of congestion you cause. That's a much better way of controlling car use, thus reducing traffic on congested routes, but not penalising people in rural areas who need to rely on their cars.
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