https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_consp...
It’s why we don’t have rail in the US like you see in Europe. At one point in time we had a ton of rail and streetcar networks but these groups destroyed it all because it was a threat to their business. For oil companies, so is hydrogen.
Hydrogen is no threat to oil and gas companies, quite the contrary, as discussed by comments all around.
For example, they can produce hydrogen from fossil fuels and justify expanding gas infrastructure while talking about some "future transition".
France had 70000km of rail around ww1, now it has about 30000. The main (though not only) casualty was the rural narrow gauge lines ("local interest network") which got obliterated by car and low productivity (about 20000km progressively closed from about 1930 to 1960, a handful survive as tourist attractions).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beeching_cuts
Which this politician who owned a major road engineering company was quite involved in