Reply #4: I have a solution for the hydrogen infrastructure problem, and it's very simple. [View All]

[truthisfreedom]

The thing is, it kills the oil industry by obviation, and that's too scary for big oil to handle.

It's so simple a child could think of it.

Communities put in hydrogen lines going to central storage tanks. Everyone who wishes to participate sets up a wind turbine on their property to generate electricity for on-site electrolysis. It doesn't matter how inefficient it is... it's produced day and night all over the community. The hydrogen is collected and the amount generated is logged on a meter, and it's pumped into the hydrogen pipeline for storage. The hydrogen can be purchased at an extraordinary discount by those who participate in producing it, while it is sold to outsiders at market rates for fueling their vehicles. In farm communities, it could become the primary source of fuel, with local tanks storing it on farms from their on-site generators, for use in farm machinery and trucks. The whole community eventually goes off the grid, able to produce electricity from stored hydrogen when the wind dies down. With enough turbines, many communities, even ones that are not in high-wind areas, could produce enough electricity and hydrogen to become energy independent and zero-carbon at the same time.