“Seek Yahweh while He may be found. Call upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts and let him return to Yahweh, and He will have compassion on him. Turn to our Elohim, for He will abundantly pardon.”

Isaiah 55: 6-7

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Hydrogen or Lithium Powered Vehicles: Hydrogen is the best bet Long-Term

Electric vehicles are the current craze, and eliminating fossil fuels is the latest mantra of far-left wackos. They like to talk about saving our planet and stopping climate change by switching to electric power every way we can. They see lithium-ion batteries as the answer along with gigantic, unsightly, and expensive windmill and solar panel farms.

The cost to society for waste disposal of lithium-ion batteries, especially toxic waste disposal, is just beginning to attract attention. At this point, the cost of beefing up our electricity grid to support widespread use of lithium-ion batteries is barely an afterthought for most people. In the future, those and other problems will be front-and-center for policy makers if we continue down the path toward lithium-ion powered vehicles.

Cutting to the chase, hydrogen gas is a much better and less expensive option than lithium-ion batteries or windmill and solar farms:

1. Hydrogen is the most abundant element on our planet and in the universe.
2. The combustion of hydrogen gas produces crystal clear water as exhaust.
3. Developing hydrogen technology will propel us toward learning how to convert sea water to fresh water on a grand scale at very low cost for consumption and watering crops.
4. Today, the comparison is between hydrogen fuel cells and lithium-ion batteries, but hydrogen fuel cells are not necessary. Hydrogen gas can be used just like propane and natural gas. It’s much cleaner than propane and natural gas, and it is no more dangerous than propane, natural gas, or gasoline.
5. We have the technology to use hydrogen gas already. Startup costs will be minimal, and the advantages of hydrogen combustion will be realized immediately.
6. 70% of Earth’s surface is water, and the average ocean depth is 2 miles. There is an unlimited supply of hydrogen.
7. There are no disposal problems associated with the use of hydrogen gas as fuel. Since the exhaust of hydrogen combustion is water, the exhaust can be used as fuel or for consumption.

A Little Thinking is Required: That’s Why Far-Left Wackos haven’t Latched onto Hydrogen Yet

Millions of electric cars are coming. What happens to all the dead batteries?:

The battery pack of a Tesla Model S is a feat of intricate engineering. Thousands of cylindrical cells with components sourced from around the world transform lithium and electrons into enough energy to propel the car hundreds of kilometers, again and again, without tailpipe emissions. But when the battery comes to the end of its life, its green benefits fade. If it ends up in a landfill, its cells can release problematic toxins, including heavy metals. And recycling the battery can be a hazardous business, warns materials scientist Dana Thompson of the University of Leicester. Cut too deep into a Tesla cell, or in the wrong place, and it can short-circuit, combust, and release toxic fumes.

The spiralling environmental cost of our lithium battery addiction:

Here’s a thoroughly modern riddle: what links the battery in your smartphone with a dead yak floating down a Tibetan river? The answer is lithium – the reactive alkali metal that powers our phones, tablets, laptops and electric cars.

In May 2016, hundreds of protestors threw dead fish onto the streets of Tagong, a town on the eastern edge of the Tibetan plateau. They had plucked them from the waters of the Liqi river, where a toxic chemical leak from the Ganzizhou Rongda Lithium mine had wreaked havoc with the local ecosystem.

There are pictures of masses of dead fish on the surface of the stream. Some eyewitnesses reported seeing cow and yak carcasses floating downstream, dead from drinking contaminated water. It was the third such incident in the space of seven years in an area which has seen a sharp rise in mining activity, including operations run by BYD, the world’ biggest supplier of lithium-ion batteries for smartphones and electric cars. After the second incident, in 2013, officials closed the mine, but when it reopened in April 2016, the fish started dying again.

The Costs of Revving Up the Grid for Electric Vehicles:

Electricity is poised to emerge as the dominant fuel for automotive transportation in the decades ahead. However, in order to meet the demand for power that transportation electrification (TE) will create, utilities must perform a tricky balancing act. They need to invest in upgrading the pipeline for that fuel—the transmission and distribution system (or grid)—without triggering excessive upward pressure on consumer electric rates.

How exactly can utilities manage the tradeoffs? To understand the dynamics at play, BCG developed a detailed model of revenues, costs, and retail-rate impacts for a “representative” utility with 2 million to 3 million customers. (See the sidebar, “Modeling the Impact of Electric Vehicles.”) We found that the representative utility, depending on charging patterns, will need to invest between $1,700 and $5,800 in grid upgrades per electric vehicle (EV) through 2030. Given that these grid investments will largely be covered in the rate base, the cost of the investments will ultimately be passed on to ratepayers. In the majority of scenarios considered in our model, ratepayers will see some upward pressure on rates. At the high end, rates could increase 1.4 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh), or 12%, from an assumed baseline rate of 11 cents per kWh.

Hydrogen Fuel Cell vs Lithium Ion – The Future of Transport:

Hydrogen fuel cells have an energy to weight ratio ten times greater than lithium-ion batteries. This means that hydrogen powered vehicles have the potential to offer much greater range, while being lighter.

In addition, whereas lithium batteries have a limited lifespan and need to be replaced, fuel cells do not degrade in the same way. They continue to produce energy as long as the fuel source is present, which can significant environmental benefits over a normal working lifespan.

Elon Musk says the tech is ‘mind-bogglingly stupid,’ but hydrogen cars may yet threaten Tesla:

Tesla and its competitors in the battery-powered electric vehicle market dominate debate over who will control the future of cars, but there’s another kind of green transportation technology making inroads in the United States, and it is based on the most abundant resource in the universe.

Fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) combine hydrogen stored in a tank with oxygen from the air to produce electricity, with water vapor as the by-product. Unlike more common battery-powered electric vehicles, fuel cell vehicles don’t need to be plugged in, and current models all exceed 300 miles of range on a full tank. They’re filled up with a nozzle almost as quickly as traditional gas and diesel vehicles. While fuel cell vehicles themselves only emit water vapor from their tailpipes, the Union of Concerned Scientists notes that producing hydrogen can lead to pollution. Though renewable sources of hydrogen, such as agricultural and waste sites, are increasing, the majority of the hydrogen sourced for fuel comes from traditional natural gas extraction. Still, the impact is still less than gasoline-powered counterparts.

Hydrogen power has been on the market for years but in an extremely limited capacity. There are currently 39 public hydrogen fueling stations in California (with another 25 in development), along with a couple in Hawaii. Now the East Coast is getting its own infrastructure. A handful of stations are up and running, and more are in the works in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.

Hydrogen Gas is the Solution

Thanks to Tesla, Elon Musk has a dog in this fight. It’s easy to understand why he is all in on lithium-ion, but hydrogen gas is the best solution to our energy problems. It’s cheaper than the other alternatives, and it’s much safer and cleaner. Additionally, it’s a renewable resource.

Hydrogen combustion actually helps to clean the environment every time you start your car’s engine. It takes hydrogen gas, mixes it with air, powers your vehicle, and produces pure water as exhaust. It doesn’t get any cleaner than that.

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“I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me — just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father — and I lay down My life for the sheep. I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also. They too will listen to My voice, and there shall be one flock and one Shepherd. The reason My Father loves Me is that I lay down My life — only to take it up again. No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from My Father.”

John 10: 14-18

See “His Name is Yahweh”.