Neither of the ewe assertions are even remotely true.
The grid can handle overnight charging just fine, there's more than enough transmission and distribution capacity.
Natural gas pipelines can not be used with hydrogen without some as of yet undiscovered coating. Plus these pipelines are single use; are you going to stop all gas usage in all houses before we let people fill up at stations or homes?
We can do load balancing on the grid, it's proven and old tech. Smart grids handle it easily and you don't need an unicorn startup to cycle the car chargers to balance the grid load.
We can use exactly zero of the current gas distribution system for hydrogen. Hydrogen molecules are literally the smallest in the universe, we haven't invented a container where they won't escape. You can't just pour hydrogen into a gas station tank or transport it in a natural gas pipe.
Transporting hydrogen will always result in huge losses. Less huge if you transport it as a liquid, but then you need to transport it at -252 Celsius - which brings a whole new set of problems.
Transporting hydrogen is easier than transporting electricity on the large scale. A pipeline is both simpler and more scalable than wires after you get to a certain size.
True, but it does work for now, with a small number of cars, and can be improved as that number grows. This isn't the case for Hydrogen (where can you fill up your hyrdogen car?)
What makes you believe the current gas network can be used for Hydrogen? I don't believe this is the case, but would be interested in seeing evidence to the contrary.
epistasis|3 years ago
The grid can handle overnight charging just fine, there's more than enough transmission and distribution capacity.
Natural gas pipelines can not be used with hydrogen without some as of yet undiscovered coating. Plus these pipelines are single use; are you going to stop all gas usage in all houses before we let people fill up at stations or homes?
theshrike79|3 years ago
We can use exactly zero of the current gas distribution system for hydrogen. Hydrogen molecules are literally the smallest in the universe, we haven't invented a container where they won't escape. You can't just pour hydrogen into a gas station tank or transport it in a natural gas pipe.
Transporting hydrogen will always result in huge losses. Less huge if you transport it as a liquid, but then you need to transport it at -252 Celsius - which brings a whole new set of problems.
_hypx|3 years ago
askvictor|3 years ago
What makes you believe the current gas network can be used for Hydrogen? I don't believe this is the case, but would be interested in seeing evidence to the contrary.