The way I think about the hydrogen fuel cell thing is this.
If an alien were to land on our planet, and look at the two options that were on the table, they'd probably say something like:
"Wait, you're thinking about putting wires on towers up for hundreds of kilometres??"
![[Image: 1200px-Shinkansen_E4_series_entering_Omiya.jpg]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Shinkansen_E4_series_entering_Omiya.jpg/1200px-Shinkansen_E4_series_entering_Omiya.jpg)
I'm not saying either is right, I'm just saying we should just keep an open mind.
It's kind of exciting to think we could be the first country in the world with a massive network of fuel cell powered trains.
(I'm all for electrification via conventional means, but I'm also all for trying out new technologies. As long as it's not stupid.)
If an alien were to land on our planet, and look at the two options that were on the table, they'd probably say something like:
"Wait, you're thinking about putting wires on towers up for hundreds of kilometres??"
![[Image: 1200px-Shinkansen_E4_series_entering_Omiya.jpg]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shinkansen_E4_series_entering_Omiya.jpg#/media/File:Shinkansen_E4_series_entering_Omiya.jpg)
I'm not saying either is right, I'm just saying we should just keep an open mind.
It's kind of exciting to think we could be the first country in the world with a massive network of fuel cell powered trains.
(I'm all for electrification via conventional means, but I'm also all for trying out new technologies. As long as it's not stupid.)