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Manuel_Dtoday at 3:51 AM1 replyview on HN

The value proposition of hydrogen is energy density. Batteries have low energy per unit of volume and awful energy density by unit of mass. You will never, ever, fly across the Pacific on a battery powered aircraft. Transoceanic shipping is also not feasible with batteries (current and proposed battery powered shopping lanes are short hops of a couple hundred kilometers or less).


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dotancohentoday at 4:44 AM

The Toyota Mirai is a passenger vehicle, not an airplane nor a transatlantic container ship.

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