Concerns About Development of Hydrogen Tech for Vehicles/Transportation

This article illustrates exactly the concerns I have about the development of hydrogen technology for vehicle/transportation. 

The core issues in Vancouver boil down to the cost of operation, availability of hydrogen, and lack of infrastructure. 

This is exactly why I lobby against further investments in this hydrogen technology and misguided policy based on the promise of this fuel source.  

Hydrogen Fuel Run Bus in Vancouver, B.C.

If the technology was perfected and $ billions spent on infrastructure over the next 1 to 2 decades - the result could not begin to equal the performance, availability and cost of electric vehicle technology available today.

Is this worth the wasted capital investments and time consumed when we have competing electric or even natural gas NOW? The pursuit of hydrogen is as much a possibility as building small, individual nuclear reactors for every car and truck in the US in our pursuit of 'cleaner' energy - nonexistent.

Government policy and the dedication of resources devoted to hydrogen when electricity represents a ubiquitous source of clean energy for transportation especially when sourced from wind & solar, is akin to rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, while we are witnessing the catastrophic impacts from Climate Change.

Don Bowen

Principal 

Meridian Associates, Inc.

Vancouver Ends Hydrogen Bus Program Amid HighCosts