@Jigglypuff You seem to be or have been misled on so many issues.
BEVs just will suck for long distance driving
I've driven over 1100 miles in a day with a Model 3. I've driven from LA to VA in 3 days. This was before I-40, the most direct route, was fully covered with Superchargers and before there were more than a couple of V3 ones.
those who cannot charge at home or work
I agree with you on the above. Not having charging at home or work will be a limitation. However, with charging at home or work EVs completely destroy ICE for convenience and costs.
Hydrogen is energy dense,
This is actually untrue. Energy density generally refers to energy per unit volume (WH/liter). This is also often referred to as
volumetric energy density. Hydrogen actually has quite poor volumetric energy density, even if liquified. Definitely poor compared with gasoline. Given that the biggest user of energy in an automobile or an airplane is drag, extra volume tends to cause more air drag, making it a big (bad) deal.
Gravimetric energy density (AKA Specific Energy) refers to energy per unit mass (WH/gram). For this, Hydrogen is great. In fact, it has the highest specific energy of any chemical energy through oxidation (burning, fuel cell, etc). This is definitely important but other factors weigh in against it. For example, while the hydrogen may be light, a strong tank that can contain it in the event of an accident, will be fairly heavy, especially if it must be kept under high pressure to try to account for the volumetric energy density limitation.
can be produced in a green way
Yes, however its production is only about 75% efficient, meaning you waste 25%. Its usage is also only about 75% efficient so, round trip, one loses about 50% of the 'green' energy used. Batteries tend to have about 85% - 95% round trip efficiency. If you've got limited space on your roof for solar and have to pay for the panels, would you rather lose half of that energy or only 10%?
Then, one needs to realize that for hydrogen, as the smallest molecule, every container and pipe fitting is permeable. Its going to leak if you try to store or transport it. This both adds to the losses and makes safe handling particularly challenging.
And then there's the platinum catalysts required by hydrogen fool sells . . . .
It is worth actually looking at how to make batteries work. Given that, with home charging (essentially all houses have electricity), its cheaper and more convenient that ICE or hydrogen, and fast charging makes road trips work great, it seems like a good solution that beats ICE and we can live with it just fine. If you don't have charging currently, that's an easy problem to solve in the long run, certainly before any as-of-yet unknown magic energy solutions or hydrogen become feasible.
Hydrogen and Fool Sells to use it are the fuel of the future - and probably always will be.