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Old 08-15-2023, 12:22 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by Need4Camaro View Post
Pro's:
- Better for the local environment
- Independent of local fuel constraints
- Cool factor

Con's:
- Produces significantly less power than gasoline counter-parts
- Potential to rust out your internals if you're performing this as a DIY project with little knowledge.
- Hydrogen is dangerous. It is a very unstable gas and will eventually corrode its container as Hydrogen always wants to become something else, including an explosive.
- Is not overall greener for the environment as it requires electricity to produce which mostly comes from fossil fuels on a grid that loses over 70% of energy produced to transmission loss (EV's suffer here as well).
- Would only be good for local / around town drives as it would be impossible to refuel anywhere outside of your home.
That and unless we are talking Fuel Cells, hydrogen combusted in an ICE is not that clean.
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