Why are you getting your knickers in such a twist?  You made the argument why hydrogen isn't being used.  It's not as profitable as sticking with crude, as long as it holds out.  Personally, I could care less which technology replaces ffs as long as it meets the goals of reducing carbon emissions, not creating a sewer of environmental damage, is sufficiently energy dense to handle the  applications, is affordable for the end consumer and there's enough supply that can be brought online to keep the various systems we have that are energy dependent running.

Can any of the possible alternatives out there meet all these goals right now?  No, all of them have some weakness, including the fact energy companies have already invested a lot of capital in one or another of them and have a vested interest in seeing the one they picked most widely accepted and distributed.  The same folks also have a lot of debt they have to service, so they need to see a return on these investments relatively quickly.

If hydrogen appeals to you, feel free to root for further development in that sector.  I have no problem with that.  I doubt however that it will play an important role, just as I doubt Fusion power will solve the energy production problem.  Both technologies have been talked about for decades, I've been reading about clean fusion and hydrogen fuel cells in Popular Mechanics since childhood.  Given the length of time it's been worked on, you would think they would be further along with it, but they're not.  Don't blame me for that, I'm just the messenger.

RE