If producing hydrogen is so energy intensive, why can’t they make more use of wind and solar to offset the costs?

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Australia and UAE would be quite ideal for the solar part.

Edit: So changing our energy needs to be reliant on hydrogen is, as Elon says “dumb”?

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I suppose they could, but what would be the point? If you’re using (just for example) 3kw of energy to produce 2kw of energy, why bother with the second step? Even if it’s a small net gain, say 3 for 3.2, it’s not worth the trouble to produce.