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A while ago I was talking to someone form Toyota's sustainability team and they were FROTHING over hydrogen. I don't know much about it, but that surprised me.
Because Japan needs to import most of its energy, it makes more sense to burn the energy at the wheels then behind the wires
Does Japan not get sunlight or wind, or are there other factors at play?
Offshore wind isn't really a starter for them. They're on the edge of the Pacific shelf and the waters get deep quick. That makes platforms very hard. I also don't think they get much in terms of prevailing winds unlike northern Europe with the Atlantic Jetstreams.