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Along with the Efficiency and Safety aspects of Hydrogen, another variable that we wanted to target for this Case Study was Cost. Our Hypothesis was that it has to be the Cost vs. Efficiency ratio of Hydrogen which would aid in widening its appeal as a Fossil Fuel replacement. Basically, Hydrogen has to at least cost less, and be more efficient than traditional Fossil Fuels for it to be widely adopted. However, targeting cost in itself turned out to be a huge challenge for us. Even just in the U.S., State laws regarding Hydrogen Fuel vary a lot: some states like California provide a lot of incentives and grants to build a Hydrogen Fuel infrastructure, while some other states completely neglect building a Hydrogen Infrastructure. The Map below shows the amount incentives taken by each state for building and facilitating a Hydrogen Infrastructure, and the graph below compares that number to the number of incentives taken by the U.S. for other Alternate Forms of Evergy:


With regards to that, here are the total number of Hydrogen Fuel Stations in the U.S. today and their distribution respectively