Toyota wants hydrogen to succeed so bad it’s paying people to buy the Mirai

https://lemmy.world/post/12572935

Toyota wants hydrogen to succeed so bad it’s paying people to buy the Mirai - Lemmy.World

Toyota wants hydrogen to succeed so bad it’s paying people to buy the Mirai::Toyota is offering some amazing deals for its hydrogen fuel cell-powered Mirai. That is, if customers can find the hydrogen to power it.

Most Hydrogen fuel is still made from natural gas. It’s greenwashing.

nytimes.com/…/hydrogen-fuel-natural-gas-pollution…

For Many, Hydrogen Is the Fuel of the Future. New Research Raises Doubts.

Industry has been promoting hydrogen as a reliable, next-generation fuel to power cars, heat homes and generate electricity. It may, in fact, be worse for the climate than previously thought.

The New York Times
And most electricity is still made from fossil fuels. The point is that it doesn’t have to be, unlike gasoline.
That’s not true, Gasoline doesn’t have to be made from Fossile fuels either. Pretty easy actually - there are a number of European companies doing it and with the Co2 Taxes, it will be a viable option by 2028.
Gasoline is made from petroleum.
It is certainly synthesisable by some method without using petroleum. But the person you replied to probably meant Power-to-Gas.
Biogasoline is a thing, although I’m not aware of anyone really pushing it as viable fuel above biodiesel, ethanol, and bioLPG.