Hydrogen Cars - Folly or Common Sense?

California’s experience with hydrogen fueling stations holds lessons that can help Hawaii avoid waste and accelerate its transition to clean energy. It is on track to spend over $400,000,000 on a network of 100 hydrogen fueling stations. The rationale seems to be built on the axiom “build it, and they will come.”

The reality is that it’s unlikely that ‘they’ (fuel-cell electric cars) will come fast enough to play a meaningful role in the decarbonization of ground transportation. Many factors are playing against it in Hawaii: