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Storing propane is much easier than storing hydrogen. It liquifes at reasonable pressure so it can be stored as a liquid in uninsulated, relatively lightweight tanks (the tank under your BBQ grill is an example).

Hydrogen leaks out of almost everything, embrittles steel, is hard to store as a liquid and needs very high pressures to store a meaningful amount as a gas.



Renewable propane would be great, better than hydrogen fuel, but it doesn't exist yet. It might never pan out.




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