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Shell Is Immediately Closing All Of Its California Hydrogen Stations | The oil giant is one of the big players in hydrogen globally, but even it can't make its operations work here. (insideevs.com)

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Shell Is Immediately Closing All Of Its California Hydrogen Stations | The oil giant is one of the big players in hydrogen globally, but even it can't make its operations work here.::The oil giant is one of the big players in hydrogen globally, but even it can't make its operations work here. All seven of its California stations will close immediately.

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[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's more an issue with hydrogen than it is with EVs. Hydrogen is very leaky.

[–] nexusband@lemmy.world -3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

No it isn't. Toyota and Hyundai have had tanks for years now that are not leaking anything. Same goes for Linde.

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

Boil off from liquid hydrogen is still an issue as of 6 months ago:

https://www.hydrogeninsight.com/innovation/solving-the-liquid-hydrogen-boil-off-problem-us-awards-48m-towards-h2-research-and-development/2-1-1522238

Rio Tinto's scientist puts the boil off of hydrogen at about 1% per day in storage tanks.