Hydrogen vs. Battery Electric Cars

Talking about "worrying where the fueling stations are" is an absolutely useless metric in hypotheticals. If we are going to talk hypotheticals, we have to assume the same infrastructure maturity is available for all engineering solutions, unless there is a technical reason for why that infrastructure cannot exist. Fueling was an issue for gas cars in the early era of automotive - that is absolutely meaningless today. 

BEV enthusiasts always like to talk about the fact that BEVs existed in the early 1900's, right along with gas vehicles, and like to ask "what if we had just decided to develop BEV technology instead of gas technology, OMG LIFE WOULD BE SO MUCH BETTER!!!" - this is the exact discussion taking place right now for FCEV vs BEV. 

The issue is, one is getting politically heralded as the only solution to an engineering problem; the other is being described as a niche product that cannot possibly be able to solve the engineering problem. That is just pure BS.

Also, regarding the efficiency of the system - If we are all honest and are on board with the idea of all of our energy (electricity) coming from renewables, eventually nobody will care how efficient the electricity (or hydrogen) production is, because it is free and abundant energy coming from the sun and wind. If we are assuming the energy source is more finite (fossil fuels), then of course, energy production efficiency should be taken into account. FCEVs can be and are several hundred pounds lighter than most if not all BEVs with similar range. This has a net positive effect on the resources used to control and safely operate the vehicle ( bigger tires, brakes, other consumables), not to mention their is less energy that needs to be absorbed in a collision, making for a safer environment (pedestrians, cyclists, other vehicles, etc), and with a lower total energy expenditure on the vehicle operation side of things.