Derbicus

Not a chance this catches on. People will fall into 1 of two camps in the next 20 years:

1. Gas powered because of nastalgia.
2. Electric because of performance.

Hydrogen is a useless middle-ground that requires new infrastructure for no reason. Gas is simple and we are used to it. Electric is even more simple and offers incredible performance. Hydrogen is just in between in that it’s not as good as electric and also requiress insane investment and where the hell am I getting these fuel cells from anyway?

Skill issue

Global trade is conducted in US dollars, so they kind of are forced to use the dollar if they want to trade.