The  Inflation Reduction Act , to be signed today by President Joe Biden, provides generous funds for renewable energy.  I thus thought I'd go back to a dozen years ago when I wrote on this subject, and see how in 2022 things have changed.  You can  read the 730-page bill here .  In summary: In the past, the Farm Lobby had a heavy influence, and snuck in a stinker:  ETHANOL!  This new legislation used ethanol only 3 times, while biofuel appears 11 times.  Hydrogen?  65 times.  Nuclear has 25 references, and gained some ground in this package. $9 billion in home energy rebates. $30 billion in production tax credits for solar, wind, batteries, aviation and other biofuels, plus critical minerals. $20 billion in loans to build clean vehicle manufacturing facilities in this country. $2 billion to national labs to accelerate breakthrough energy research. A methane emissions reduction program. Well, the Farm Lobby scored again, for there is a sum of $20 billion to support climate-smart ag

Everything else being equal, a fuel cell vehicle using hydrogen will take it two to five times further than one using batteries : While most fully electric vehicles can travel between 100-200 miles on a single charge, hydrogen ones can get to 300 miles, according to   AutomotiveTechnologies . The Tesla goes 300 miles on a single charge, but it is a very expensive investment.  Further, one pound of hydrogen gas has 236 times more energy than one pound of lithium-ion batteries. In any case, it makes no sense to select a hydrogen-powered fuel cell car now because clean hydrogen is too expensive.  95% of all the available supply today comes from reforming natural gas.  Plus, battery-charging stations are mushrooming throughout the world, which is not so for hydrogen stations. While electric vehicles today mostly use electricity from fossil fuel power plants, in time this problem should be alleviated when more sunlight, winds and other renewable options become prominent.  Then there should