So what is Hydrogen? Hydrogen is the most abundant gas ins the solar system, Hydrogen is the most abundant substance on earth roughly about 75% of the Universe is Hydrogen or Hydrogen based, and also the it has roughly about three times more energy per mass compared to gasoline.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_density
The fact is that Hydrogen is a reliable fuel, yes the methods of extracting it today need a little improvement, and we probably dont have the necessary infrastructure to implement a Hydrogen based fuel delivery system, but the fact is we didn't have it either when Henry Ford introduces the model T.
other sources include wikipedia, and google.
