Alternatives to electric cars

[JusteanBiscuits]

20 years ago there was a huge push for LPG cars. And I remember Hydrogen cell buses being around 10 years ago.

Why are neither of these being pushed as alternatives to petrol/diesel engines?

LPG and Hydrogen are still fossil fuels that release co2. Maybe one day we can make a good amount of hydrogen without releasing co2 but not yet.

We can power an electric car straight from a wind turbine or solar panel.

My understanding is LPG released a much much lower amount though, and the engine conversion has a vastly lower environmental impact than batteries.
We could power cars entirely by renewables, but we're not there yet.

I did have an LPG car for ages and it was fine, the conversion added more complexity but after some teething troubles it was fine when i could find a place to fill it up. Sold it with 165k miles and it went for years after i'd see it around.

Much easier just plugging my car in, I have a drive and garage which not everyone does so thats a problem we need to solve.

I guess I'm mainly wondering why, after there being such a push for LPG, why it's all gone so quiet on that front. Googling says they have 30% of the particulates of petrol.

An LPG car isn’t any better than a petrol or diesel one, worse really as it’s harder to find a place to fill up, doesn’t go as far for the same amount of fuel and requires additional servicing. No reason for people to buy one.

Everything I've read said it produces around a third of the emissions of petrol or diesel. I'm looking at what alternatives to electric there is I guess. I've checked LPG near us as there isn't a problem. Have a station 1/2 mile from home. Also wonder why it was pushed so hard 20 years ago and you barely hear about it now. Apparently very popular still in continental Europe..

We could power cars entirely by renewables, but we're not there yet

we have an electric car. I was under the impression that our solar powered electricity (what we mostly use) was renewable!

Are you Boeing goady on purpose op?

Totally no natural resources used in making electricity batteries, no ethical issues, no issues with recycling batteries, no cost associated with buying new batteries, and definitely no issues with struggling to produce enough energy to power the our current requirement.