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Hydrogen is the future of electric transportation!

Imagine you are driving and you have several cartridges of magnesium hydride and when you pass by a refueling station a drone catches up with you and swaps nearly-depleted cartridges one by one all while you continue going! How cool is that! B-)

And then you can refuel by stuff that you produce yourself using photo catalyst solar panels in your back yard.

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Why couldn't you do that with batteries?

You could, you are right! :)

I still think that batteries are a slower, more complicated (and therefore expensive), heavier and less environmentally friendly tech. Hydrogen just seems more “elegant” somehow. Again, offering potential for much faster refueling. Once you come up with a good way to safely store it in a vehicle or a device.

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