Originally Posted by DanielC
Switching motor vehicles over to hydrogen will not solve the problem. Instead of CO2 coming out of the exhaust pipe of a car, it will come out of an exhaust stack of a natural gas electric generating plant, if electrolysis is used.
Even if cars and trucks were converted to totally electric, we would still have to burn fossil fuels to make the electricty.
The share of fossil fuels used to generate electricity will lessen over time.
Wind power is an option, but many do not want those unsightly wind turbines in thier back yard,
But others would want the fat checks that come in that requires no investment or work on their part. I don't have the source, but the Seattle Times wrote a while ago that a farmer can get significantly more money from a given area from wind farming than from raising crops.