This is sad to see, I knew that batteries required minerals but I never thought that it was this bad. But if fuel vehicles and electric vehicles are damaging the planet then what is the solution? I can't ride a bicycle 50 km to get to work everyday.,(reply>), @Sentinel Cheese Except that "green" hydrogen does not exists yet. As it is now, most hydrogen is produced from natural gas. Electricity needed to replace that with electrolysis would actualy cost a lot more gas to produce the requiered electricity.,(reply>), @Dean Thats a good point. The problem we have is that nuclear power is stuck in the past even though we have much more safer and efficient nuclear plants being designed, the world leaders have simply blocked the recognition of it leaving them in a limbo after multiple large scale disasters. Though that is a much efficient way to produce hydrogen and have a sustainable transportation.<br><br>As for a hydrogen fuel cell damage," there have been no catastrophic accidents recorded. But hydrogen fuel tanks as proven by Toyota are relatively safe. They even have a video on their channel showcasing the safety of hydrogen fuel tank being shot at and the hydrogen simply escapes without igniting.<br><br><a href=""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVeagFmmwA0"">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVeagFmmwA0</a>",(reply>), Green hydrogen ain't happening without nuclear energy to actually make the hydrogen unless someone miraculously figures out a far better way to create hydrogen. <br><br>If they ever decide to go with hydrogen cells, you know it's going to be blue hydrogen. Regardless, the amount of electricity required to create the hydrogen is a massive waste but, eh, what can you do.<br><br>Also what exactly would happen in the event of a catastrophic failure of the hydrogen cell in a vehicle? What sort of damage would we be looking at? To get the energy density you would want out of the hydrogen cells, they're going to be under A LOT of pressure &amp; by catastrophic failure I mean, if the hydrogen were to be able to mix with just the right amount of oxygen for it to explode instead of burn.,(reply>), Hydrogen. Green hydrogen to be precise. While it does require a lot of electricity to produce, it doesn't require a lot of complex chemistry to run them. The only problem is that on one knows how much a fuel cell for a hydrogen car costs so there is no way to tell how much it costs for a hydrogen vehicle to run and maintain it.,(reply>), Robust, public transportation and actual good city design. But, you know that ain’t happening in the US, the government is not serious about this issue and to many bad laws hinder this.